Reflecting the elegance of Ottoman and Kirkuk architecture, the mosque was built in 1808 by Ahmed Ağa, one of the leading names of the period, in the Ahi Hüseyin Neighborhood in the city center of Kirkuk.
Kirkuk historian Necat Kevseroğlu, speaking to Anadolu Agency correspondent, stated that there are 3 doors opening to the interior of the mosque, and each of them has Persian and Ottoman poetry inscriptions belonging to Kirkuk poets.
"The interior of the mosque is quite magnificent and magnificent. It is possible to see the 4 wide arched domes built on two octagonal columns inside," he said.
Reminding that the mosque, which has been open for worship 214 years after its construction, Kevseroğlu said, however, it needed repair and maintenance. Kevseroğlu called on the Iraqi government and aid organizations to repair the mosque without damaging its original texture.
Kevseroğlu, who also informed that a part of the mosque was used as a madrasah in the past, "During the reign of Ali Hikmet, one of the scholars from Kirkuk, important education was given in the field of literature as well as religious education. Important scholars of the period were educated in this madrasah," he added.