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Defterdar Mosque

The Defterdar Mosque, or the Defterdar Mahmut Efendi Mosque, is 16th century Ottoman mosque located in Eyüp, , . It was commissioned by defterdar Nazlı Mahmut Efendi and built by architect Mimar Sinan in 1542.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Defterdar Camii”
  • Address: Defterdar Caddesi, Defterdar Mahallesi, İstanbul, Eyüp

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Walls of Blachernai and Prison of Anemas.

Photo: -jha-, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great. is situated 630 metres southeast of Defterdar Mosque.

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The is a large Byzantine building attached to the of the city of Constantinople. It is traditionally identified with the prisons named after Michael Anemas, a Byzantine general who rose in unsuccessful revolt against Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and was the first person to be imprisoned there. is situated 480 metres southeast of Defterdar Mosque.

Fountain
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is a fountain, which is situated 180 metres southeast of Defterdar Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eyüpsultan and Sütlüce.

Town
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or Eyüp is a municipality and district of . Its area is 228 km2, and its population is 422,913. The district extends from the all the way to the shore of the .

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 12,736. It is on the eastern bank of .

Quarter
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is a trading and residential district on the northern bank of the in , , . It includes the neighbourhoods of Keçeci Piri, Piri Paşa, and Halıcıoğlu, and parts of Camiikebir and Sütlüce.

Defterdar Mosque

Latitude
41.04197° or 41° 2′ 31″ north
Longitude
28.93764° or 28° 56′ 16″ east
Open location code
8GHC2WRQ+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 533352553
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Wiki­data ID
Q2058733
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Defterdar Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع دفتردار”
  • Bengali: “দেফতার্দার মসজিদ”
  • Bulgarian: “Дефтердар джамия”
  • Chinese: “财务官清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Defterdar Mosque”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع دفتردار”
  • French: “Defterdar Mosque”
  • German: “Defterdar-Moschee”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Defterdar”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Dеfterdar”
  • Italian: “moschea del Defterdar”
  • Italian: “Moschea del Defterdar”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Дефтердар”
  • Malay: “Masjid Defterdar”
  • Persian: “مسجد دفتردار”
  • Russian: “Дефтердар Мечеть”
  • Turkish: “Defterdar Camii”
  • Urdu: “دفتردار مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Defterdar masjidi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Defterdar Mosque”. Photo: Nidayi, CC BY-SA 4.0.