It was commissioned by Altunizade İsmail Zühtü Pasha (1806–1887), who is buried in a protected place in the mosque's yard.

Initially, the mosque was part of a social complex (Turkish: külliye) consisting of an infant school, a Turkish bath, a time-keeping office for prayer, a fountain, lodgings for the imam, the worship leader, and the muezzin, the caller of prayer, a bakery and some shops.

[2] The mosque was designed in Baroque Revival architecture,[1][better source needed] which can be identified at least by its large windows.

An ornamented small mihrab, a niche, is built in the wall of the narthex for prayer during the mosque's closed time.

The marble minbar is designed in the form of a drinking glass as seen in Hırka-i Şerif Mosque.

The windows are unusual big as an example of the Baroque Revival architectural style.