It was constructed by İbrahim Bey, son of Ramadanid ruler Piri Mehmet Pasha in 1579. The surrounding tomb and imaret, and the clock tower that is attached later at northeast direction (1895) keeps its image of a large social complex. Upon examining the structure, it is understood that there was a large temple previously at the construction site (made of the gathered material used in the structure). Sarcophaguses of Seth and Lokman Hekim and the grave of Caliph Me’mun son of Abbasid Caliph Harun Reşid are located in the tomb adjacent to the eastern wall of the mosque. The mosque has a three nave plans extending parallel to the mihrab.There is a fountain in the middle of the cloister reaching nearly two folds of inner volume adjacent to the northern side. There are two minarets at northeast and northwest corners of the yard. These indicate that it is constructed in Mamelukes era (1363) according to a tablet on it and belong to another mosque. The second minaret was refurbished by the District Governor Ziya Pasha as a clock tower in 1895.
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