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f you continue walking west on the same street you will
come to the , which
has high-rise façades so that it is almost impossible to see the
dome from street level. The comple has twin madrasahs
and the upper madrasah and the mosque share the same
courtyard. n order to follow the design of the streets the
street façade was built without a portico. The mosque has
one of the most ornamental façades of all of Mimar Sinan’s
buildings built in 1540. Zal Mahmut Pasha and his beloved
wife, ah Sultan, who were never apart, died within a short
time of one another and their tombs were built close to each
other. While all the other daughters of Sultan Selim were
buried in the family tomb in the courtyard of Ayasofya,
these two lovers were buried close by so that they were not
even separated by death. So we recommend that you pay a
visit to both tombs just to honour their story. The rooms of
the madrasah are used for handicraft workshops where the
renowned wooden yüp toys are made. The Tomb of ah
Sultan which is outside the boundaries of the mosque serves
as the premises for the Association for the Preservation of
Old Buildings.