Rustem Pasa
It s not the grandest mosque and deliberately makes no attempt to try to upstage the much larger süleymaniye mosque that towers on the hill above.
Rustem pasa. Rüstem paşa camii dates to 1560. Rüstem pasha is also known as damat rüstem pasha the epithet damat meaning bridegroom to the ottoman dynasty because of his marriage to one of the sultan s daughters. Rüstem pasha 1500 1561 a bosnian by birth was the son in law and a grand vezir of sultan süleyman the magnificent 1520 1566. Rüstem paşa camii is an ottoman mosque located in the hasırcılar çarşısı strawmat weavers market in the tahtakale neighborhood of the fatih district istanbul turkey it was designed by the ottoman imperial architect mimar sinan and completed in around 1563.
Rüstem pasha is also known as damat rüstem pasha the epithet damat meaning son in law to the ottoman dynasty as a result of his marriage to the sultan s daughter mihrimah sultan. He is known as one of the most influential and successful grand viziers of the ottoman empire. The rustem pasha mosque in turkish. Designed by the ottoman imperial architect mimar sinan for the grand vizier damat rüstem pasha who was married to one of suleiman the great s daughters and built after his death in 1561 rüstem pasha mosque features tiles produced in the western anatolian town of iznik which at this time had became a centre for the production of ceramics.