At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
Summary
'Kantarcılar Mescidi, the Small Mosque of the Scale-Makers, is the first of the three Fatih-era mosques on the market street along the Golden Horn. Both street and mosque take their name from the scalemakers whose shops have stood here since at least 1636, when Evliya Çelebi writes of them marching in the great guild procession.' 1
"The mosque was founded in Fatih's reign by one Sarı Demirci Mevlana Mehmet Muhittin — 'the Yellow Ironworker', a guild of ironworkers that Evliya says had their workshops here. It has been restored several times and is of little interest except for its great age." 2
People and things also explored
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.148-149
- John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) , p.149
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islam.museum contributors. “Kantarcılar Mescidi, Istanbul”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/kantarcilar-mescidi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.