Eyup Sultan Mosque
is located in Istanbul in the north end of Halic (the
Golden Horn) in Eyup region. It is built where Hz Eyyubu
El-Ensari (An important Islamic character) was thought to
be buried, he was one of the first acceptors of Islam and
died during the first Islamic siege of Istanbul in
688-669. A tomb and a mosque was built by the command of
Mehmed the Conqueror. The first mosque was built in 1458,
but it was collapsed and with the command of Sultan Selim
III it was rebuilt by Uzun Huseyin Efendi between
1798-1800. The mosque for the last time was repaired in
the period of Sultan Mahmud II. A thunderbolt had fallen
to the minaret looking through the sea, the upper gallery
of minaret was rebuilt. Mosque, can be grouped a 8 graded
mosque.
The tomb of Hz
Eyyubu El-Ensari was built in 1458 in the
surrounding walls of the mosque. The tomb was
decorated with tiles after 16th century, it was
restored in the period of Sultan Ahmed I and
Sultan Mahmud II. Although the silver carvings
and candlesticks belong to recent periods, it is
said that the fountain on the rear of the
sarcophagus was found during discovery of the
grave. Eyup Sultan Tomb became a visiting place
for the Islam World for many centuries
