# Behram Pasha Mosque > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Behram_Pasha_Mosque > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Behram_Pasha_Mosque.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behram_Pasha_Mosque > Source revision: 1270836039 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Mosque in Sur, Diyarbakır, Turkey Behram Pasha Mosque Behram Paşa Camii Mizgefta Behram Paşa Religion Affiliation Islam Location Location Sur, Diyarbakır, Turkey Location within Turkey Coordinates 37°54′34″N 40°14′03″E / 37.9094°N 40.2342°E / 37.9094; 40.2342 Architecture Architect Sinan Type Mosque Style Ottoman architecture Groundbreaking c. 1564/65 Completed 1572/73 Specifications Dome dia. (outer) 15.9 m (52 ft) Minaret 1 Materials alternating layers of white limestone and black basalt **Behram Pasha Mosque** ([Turkish](/source/Turkish_language): *Behram Paşa Camii*, [Kurdish](/source/Kurdish_language): *Mizgefta Behram Paşa*) is a 16th-century [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) [mosque](/source/Mosque) located in the town of [Diyarbakır](/source/Diyarbak%C4%B1r) in southeast Turkey. It was commissioned by the Ottoman governor-general Behram Pasha. ## History The mosque was commissioned by the local Ottoman governor-general Behram Pasha. He was the son of Kara Şahin Mustafa Pasha who served as the governor-general of Yemen and Egypt. The dates of Behram Pasha's tenure in Diyarbakır are uncertain but were probably between 1564–65 and 1567–68. He died in 1585 and was buried in [Aleppo](/source/Aleppo).[1] Building began in around 1564–65 and was completed by 1572–73 (AH 980), the date included in the Arabic inscription carved above the entrance portal.[2] The mosque is attributed to Sinan in one of his two major autobiographies (*Tuḥfetü'l-mi'mārīn*) but not in the other (*Tezkiretü'l-ebniye*), which may suggest that Sinan had a marginal role in its design, possibly by approving the plans in [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul) (the Ottoman capital) to be executed by another architect.[3] The identity of the architect who oversaw the construction is not known but it may have been another imperial architect sent from Istanbul, if not a local master, given the quality of its construction.[2][4][a] The distinctive use of local features alongside the Ottoman design also suggests that the architect employed a team of local masons and craftsmen.[2] ## Architecture ### Exterior An octagonal drinking fountain is aligned with the central portal of the north façade. The pyramidal roof of the fountain is supported by composite black and white columns with braided central sections. The north façade of the mosque is constructed in alternation layers of black and white stone. The double portico has five domes. The two central columns supporting the outer portico have a braided central section placed between alternating layers of black and white stone, echoing those of the fountain. The remaining columns supporting the portico are of white marble. A single minaret sits at the northwest corner of the portico. The mosque itself is in the form of an unlayered domed cube. The dome sits on a sixteen-sided drum which has windows on each of the sides.[2] - The ablutions fountain or [shadirvan](/source/Shadirvan) in front of the mosque - Front portico and entrance to the mosque - Carved details of one of the columns of the portico - Entrance portal of the mosque with *[muqarnas](/source/Muqarnas)* hood in carved stone ### Interior The 15.9 metres (52 ft) diameter dome is supported by eight pointed arches. The [dados](/source/Dado_(architecture)) of the prayer hall are decorated with large square polychrome underglazed tiles. These have a border of two styles of rectangular tiles. The tiles are believed to have been produced locally in Diyarbakır but are very similar to those [produced in İznik](/source/Iznik_pottery).[2] The design of the mosque has been praised by architectural historians.[2] Godfrey Goodwin wrote in 1971: "It is, indeed, the prince of provincial mosques as splendid in its decoration as it is in its proportions within the limits of the severe local style."[5] - Interior of the mosque - [Mihrab](/source/Mihrab) of the mosque - Detail of the mihrab's decoration - Detail of the mosque's stone [minbar](/source/Minbar) - Some of the tilework decoration inside the mosque ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Doğan Kuban](/source/Do%C4%9Fan_Kuban) states more generally that the mosque was "probably designed by an imperial architect sent from the capital."[4] ## References ### Citations 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENecipoğlu2005467_1-0)** [Necipoğlu 2005](#CITEREFNecipoğlu2005), p. 467. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENecipoğlu2005468_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENecipoğlu2005468_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENecipoğlu2005468_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENecipoğlu2005468_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENecipoğlu2005468_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENecipoğlu2005468_2-5) [Necipoğlu 2005](#CITEREFNecipoğlu2005), p. 468. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENecipoğlu2005455,_560_3-0)** [Necipoğlu 2005](#CITEREFNecipoğlu2005), p. 455, 560. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKuban2010574_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKuban2010574_4-1) [Kuban 2010](#CITEREFKuban2010), p. 574. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGoodwin2003310_6-0)** [Goodwin 2003](#CITEREFGoodwin2003), p. 310. ### Sources - Goodwin, Godfrey (2003) [1971]. *A History of Ottoman Architecture*. London: Thames & Hudson. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-500-27429-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-500-27429-3). - Kuban, Doğan (2010). *Ottoman Architecture*. Translated by Mill, Adair. Antique Collectors' Club. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781851496044](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781851496044). - [Necipoğlu, Gülru](/source/G%C3%BClru_Necipo%C4%9Flu) (2005). *The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire*. London: Reaktion Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-86189-253-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86189-253-9). ## Further reading - Raby, J. (1977–78). "Diyarbakir: a rival to İznik. A sixteenth-century tile industry in eastern Anatolia". *Istanbuler Mitteilungen*. **27**: 429–459. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Behram Pasha Mosque](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Behram_Pasha_Mosque). - [Behram Paşa Camii](https://archnet.org/sites/2788), Archnet v t e Diyarbakır History Provincial districts Bağlar Bismil Çermik Çınar Çüngüş Dicle Eğil Ergani Hani Hazro Kayapınar Kocaköy Kulp Lice Silvan Sur Yenişehir Areas Sur Education Dicle University Transport Diyarbakır Airport Diyarbakır railway station Landmarks Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum Diyarbakır Atatürk Stadium Diyarbakır Prison Diyarbakır Stadium Fortifications of Diyarbakır Ulu Beden Tower Yedi Kardeş Tower Hasan Pasha Han St. George's Church Religion Great Mosque of Diyarbakır Behram Pasha Mosque Hazreti Süleyman Mosque Sheikh Matar Mosque St. Giragos Armenian Church St. Mary Church St. Mary's Cathedral Sport Amed S.F.K. (women) Diyarbakırspor Diyarbekirspor This list is incomplete. v t e Mosques in Turkey Ankara Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Aslanhane Hacı Bayram Kocatepe Maltepe Melike Hatun Antalya Korkut Murat Pasha Omer Pasha Tekeli Mehmet Pasha Yivli Minaret Bursa Bayezid I Emir Sultan Grand Green Hüdavendigar Muradiye Orhan Gazi Veled-i Yaniç Diyarbakır Behram Pasha Great Hazreti Süleyman Sheikh Matar Edirne Evliya Kasim Pasha Muradiye Old Selimiye Üç Şerefeli Istanbul Altunizade Arap Atik Mustafa Pasha Atik Valide Ayazma Bayezid II Bebek Beylerbeyi Blue (Sultan Ahmed) Böcekli Bodrum Burmalı Çamlıca Çinili Defterdar Dolmabahçe Emirgan Eski Imaret Eyüp Sultan Fatih Fenari Isa Firuz Agha Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Gül Hadim Ibrahim Pasha Hagia Sophia Handan Agha Haseki Sultan Hirami Ahmet Pasha Hırka-i Şerif İskender Pasha, Fatih İskender Pasha, Kanlıca Imrahor Kalenderhane Kara Ahmed Pasha Kariye Kasım Agha Kefeli Kılıç Ali Pasha Koca Mustafa Pasha Küçük Mecidiye Laleli Little Hagia Sophia Manastır Mesih Mehmed Pasha Mihrimah Sultan, Edirnekapı Mihrimah Sultan, Üsküdar Molla Çelebi Muhammad Maarifi Murat Pasha Nallı New Nışançı Mehmed Pasha Nuruosmaniye Nusretiye Ortaköy Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Piri Mehmed Pasha Piyale Pasha Rum Mehmed Pasha Rüstem Pasha Şakirin Sanki Yedim Sancaktar Hayrettin Sancaklar Şehzade Selimiye Şemsi Pasha Şeyh Süleyman Sinan Pasha Şişli Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Azapkapı Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Büyükçekmece Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Kadırga Süleymaniye Taksim Teşvikiye Vasat Atik Ali Pasha Vefa Yavuz Selim Yeni Valide Yıldız Hamidiye Zal Mahmud Pasha Zeynep Sultan Zeyrek İzmir Başdurak Birgi Grand Hisar İsa Bey Kestanepazarı Salepçioğlu Yalı İznik Green Haji Özbek Konya Akşehir Grand Alâeddin Aziziye Eşrefoğlu Ferruhşah Hacıveyiszade Kileci Selimiye Taşmedrese Mersin Bilal-i Habeşi Güzeloluk Laal Pasha Mersin Grand Mersin Old Müftü Muğdat Tarsus Grand Tarsus Old Trabzon Fatih İskender Pasha Nakip New Friday Elsewhere Abdülhamid Han Adana Great Ala, Kadirli Alaeddin, Eskişehir Alaaddin, Sinop Avcılar Great Central Aziziye, Konya Behramşah Boyacı Çapanoğlu Divriği Great Göğceli Habib'i Neccar Hafsa Sultan İlyas Bey İzzet Mehmet Pasha İzzet Pasha Kahramanmaraş Grand Kazdağlı Kazim Bulut Kurşunlu Kuyularonu Liberation Mahmut Bey Menüçehr Nasrullah Niğde Alaaddin Oil Pertev Pasha Reşadiye Şaban Ağa Sabancı Merkez Şirvani Sivas Grand Sivrihisar Grand Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Uşak Grand Zagan Pasha Zeynel Abidin Category List Islam in Turkey Ottoman architecture Mosques by country v t e Ottoman architecture Historical stages Early Ottoman architecture Classical Ottoman architecture Tulip Period architecture Ottoman Baroque architecture Ottoman architecture in the 19th–20th centuries First national architectural movement (See also: Ottoman decoration) Other regional styles Algeria Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Egypt Palestine Serbia Tunisia Mosques Istanbul Altunizade Mosque Atik Valide Mosque Ayazma Mosque Bayezid II Mosque Beylerbeyi Mosque Büyükdere Kara 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(Sarajevo) Fethiye Mosque (Athens) Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque Green Mosque of Bursa (Yeşil Mosque) Green Mosque of İznik Hadum Mosque Haji Özbek Mosque Hüdavendigar Mosque Ibrahim Pasha Mosque İzzet Mehmet Pasha Mosque Juma-Jami Mosque Karađoz Bey Mosque Kasım Pasha Mosque Muradiye Complex (Bursa) Muradiye Mosque (Edirne) Murat Pasha Mosque Old Mosque of Edirne Orhan Gazi Mosque Osman Shah Mosque Selimiye Mosque Sinan Pasha Mosque (Prizren) Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Lüleburgaz) Sulayman Pasha Mosque Suleymaniye Mosque Tombul Mosque Tzistarakis Mosque Üç Şerefeli Mosque Veled-i Yaniç Mosque Yakovalı Hasan Paşa Mosque Madrasas Büyük Aga Medrese Caferağa Medrese Medrese of Mehmet Şakir Paşa Rüstem Pasha Medrese Türbes (tombs) Green Tomb (Yeşil Türbe) Tomb of Abdul Hamid I Tomb of Hayreddin Barbarossa Tomb of Turhan Sultan Caravanserais Büyük Han Büyük Valide Han Büyük Yeni Han Hafsa Sultan Caravanserai Kapan Han Khan al-Umdan Khan As'ad Pasha Koza Han Kürkçü Han Öküz Mehmed Pasha Caravanserai Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Edirne) Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Ereğli) Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai (Erzurum) Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Caravanserai Hospitals Complex of Sultan Bayezid II Bridges Arslanagić Bridge Mostar Bridge Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge Uzunköprü Bridge Fortifications Ajyad Fortress Anadoluhisarı Depedogen Castle of Kars Kilitbahir Castle Rumelihisarı Yedikule Fortress Kalemegdan Yeni-Kale Palaces Azm Palace Beylerbeyi Palace Çırağan Palace Dolmabahçe Palace Eski Saray Grand Serail Hatice Sultan Palace Ishak Pasha Palace Topkapi Palace Yıldız Palace Clock towers Büyük Saat Dolmabahçe Clock Tower Etfal Hospital Clock Tower İzmir Clock Tower İzmit Clock Tower Jaffa Clock Tower Nusretiye Clock Tower Yıldız Clock Tower Fountains Fountain of Ahmed III Fountain of Ahmed III (Üsküdar) Tophane Fountain Sultan Mahmut Fountain Hammams Bayezid II Hamam Bey Hamam Büyük Hamam Cağaloğlu Hamam Čifte Hammam Davud Pasha Hamam Çemberlitaş Hamam Hürrem Sultan Hamam Király Baths Mahmut Pasha Hamam Ömeriye Baths Süleymaniye Hamam Tahtakale Hamam Rudas Baths other monuments Köprülü Library Mihrişah Sultan Complex Nilüfer Hatun Imareti Imaret (Kavala) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Behram Pasha Mosque](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behram_Pasha_Mosque) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behram_Pasha_Mosque?action=history)). 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