The mosque was completed in 1869, nine years before Northern Dobruja became part of Romania, during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz.

Hence, it is also known as the Aziziye Mosque, and his tughra features on the left side of the entrance, within an oval medallion of marble.

[1] During the interwar period, the mosque came close to demolition, with proponents arguing that the structurally weak minaret posed a threat to passersby.

During World War II, Soviet bombing seriously damaged the mosque, and its total razing was again suggested.

It underwent restoration in the years after the Romanian Revolution, at the same time becoming choked by new construction in the neighborhood.