Ibrahim Pasa Mosque - Rhodes, Greece - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

"Ibrahim Pasa Mosque - in Platonos square near the bazaar in Medieval Town. The marble sign on the main entrance informs us that it was built in 1540- 1541 A.D. by Suleiman. Therefore, this mosque is the oldest one on Rhodes island. It consists of a large square building, with 12- side dome and two consecutive porches on the north side. The minaret is located on the northwest side of the mosque and it has an octagonal fountain."

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The sign in Greek, English, and Turkish, reads -

MOSQUE OF IBRAHIM PASHA (1540)
This is the earliest built mosque in the
Old Town of Rhodes.

It was founded by
Pargali Ibrahim Pasha (1493-1536) ,
favourite of Ottoman sultan Suleiman Il
the Magnificent (‘Kanuni') on his way to
Egypt in 1525. The work was finished
in 1540 (Hijrah 947), four years after
the former favourite's execution; thus
the dedicatory inscription does not
mention his name, commemorating the
sultan alone.

The inscription refers to the fact that the
mosque stood on the Pilgrimage route
to Mecca (‘Hajj’), which in those times,
passed through Alexandria for Muslims
starting from Ottoman-held Europe and
Asia Minor.

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"To tzamí tou Impraím Pasá stin plateía tou Plátona kontá sto pazári tis Mesaionikís Pólis To marmárino simádi stin kentrikí eísodo mas pliroforeí óti chtístike to 1540- 1541 m.CH. apó to Souleïmán kai gi 'aftó to tzamí eínai to palaiótero nisí tis Ródou. éna megálo tetrágono ktírio, me thólo 12 orófon kai dýo diadochikés verántes sti vóreia plevrá. O minarés vrísketai sti voreiodytikí plevrá tou tzamioú kai échei éna oktagonikó sintriváni.

PIGI - (sýndesmos epískepsis)

To simádi sta elliniká, angliká kai tourkiká, diavázei -

MOSCHA TOU IVRACHIM PASCHA (1540)
Aftó eínai to pió próoro chtisméno tzamí sto
Paliá póli tis Ródou.

Idrýthike apó
Pargáli Impraím Pasá (1493-1536),
agapiméno tou othomanikoú soultánou Souleïmán Il
to mageftikó ('Kanuni') sto drómo tou
Aígyptos to 1525. To érgo teleíose
to 1540 (Hijrah 947), téssera chrónia metá
tin ektélesi tou próin agapiménou. étsi
i afieroméni epigrafí den to kánei
anaféro to ónomá tou, ton eortasmó tou
soultánou móno.

I epigrafí anaféretai sto gegonós óti to
Tzamí vriskótan sti diadromí Proskynimáton
sti Mékka («Chatz»), i opoía se ekeínes tis epochés,
pérase apó tin Alexándreia gia mousoulmánous
xekinóntas apó tin othomanikí Evrópi kai
Mikrá Asía.
 

Group that erected the marker: Rhodes heritage Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Sofokleous Old Town Rhodes, Greece 851 00 URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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