Şah Melek Mosque

Shah Melek Mosque is an Ottoman-era mosque located in Edirne, Turkey. It was built in 1429 by Shah Melek Pasha, who served as the Rumeli Beylerbey during the reigns of Ottoman sultans Mehmed I and Murad II.

During the Balkan War, its minaret was destroyed when it was hit by a cannonball. It is a rectangular-plan masonry structure. It has a single dome and a single minaret.

Key facts

Type: mosque
Located in: Marmara Region

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 41.676479, 26.543745Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page comes from: Shah Melek Mosque (en.wikipedia.org), as of 2 August 2026

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