At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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Summary
Gazi Mihal Camii, just left of the road beyond the founder's bridge, is dated by inscription to 1422; it is of the axial-eyvan type, built by the converted Greek nobleman Gazi Mihal 1.
Form
A five-bayed porch precedes it, a large oval dome over the taller central bay and flat-topped cross-vaults over the rest; the square central hall carries a hemispherical dome on pendentives, while the two ribbed-domed side chambers — once dervish hospices — now open only from outside; the raised prayer eyvan has a shallow barrel-vault under a pitched exterior roof 1.
For young visitors
A 1422 mosque built by a nobleman who became Muslim — its side rooms once lodged travelling dervishes.
Curatorial notes
- Source read: Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011), p. 95 (Gazi Mihal Camii).
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Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh
Sources
- John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) , p.95
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Gazi Mihal Mosque, Edirne”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/gazi-mihal-mosque-edirne/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.