He was the son of Kara Şahin Mustafa Pasha who served as the governor-general of Yemen and Egypt.

[1] Building began in around 1564–65 and was completed by 1572–73 (AH 980), the date included in the Arabic inscription carved above the entrance portal.

The pyramidal roof of the fountain is supported by composite black and white columns with braided central sections.

The dados of the prayer hall are decorated with large square polychrome underglazed tiles.

[2] Godfrey Goodwin wrote in 1971: "It is, indeed, the prince of provincial mosques as splendid in its decoration as it is in its proportions within the limits of the severe local style.