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According to the Judicial Register and Ottoman royal decree, this mosque was built by Nuri Mehmet Pasha a few years before 1786. Epigraphs on the minaret and "mihrab" (prayer niche) show dates of 1785 and 1834 respectively.
During the War of Independence, the entire minaret and the domes of the praying portico were destroyed. These were repaired in 1954 by the Ministry of Education, and the mosque was used as a museum until 1969.
Source: The Project to Develop Cultural Infrastructure and Promote Interregional Tourism in Gaziantep, Kilis and Aleppo
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