The mosque was commissioned by Kara Ahmed Pasha who was married to Fatma Sultan, a daughter of Selim I.

[1] The courtyard is surrounded by the cells of a medrese and a dershane, or main classroom.

Attractive apple green and yellow tiles grace the porch, while blue and white ones are found on the east wall of the prayer hall.

Of the three galleries, the wooden ceiling under the west one is elaborately painted in red, blue, gold and black.

[1] The mosque is last imperial building in Istanbul to be decorated with expressly designed cuerda seca tilework.