Eyüp Sultan Camii
Eyüp Sultan Camii, the Eyüp Sultan Mosque, sits on a site believed to hold the tomb of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the celebrated companion of the Prophet Muhammad. The mosque complex (külliye) surrounds a tomb that marks where al-Ansari is believed to have been buried after the first Arab siege of Constantinople in the 670s, a lineage that gives the site its particular sanctity for pilgrims. The present building dates from the early 19th century, though the complex itself began with a larger project in 1458, initiated by Mehmed II soon after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. The initial construction followed a dream attributed to Mehmed II’s teacher, Akşemseddin, about commemorating al-Ansari’s burial place; the tomb was found and the mosque was built nearby in 1458. In the 18th century, Sultan Ahmed III rebuilt the two minarets in their current form. …
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