The mosque was built in 1537 by the famous Ottoman Turkish architect Mimar Sinan during the rule of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

The mosque is located in downtown Vlora on a central square, surrounded on all four sides with roads.

It is located on west of Sadik Zotaj, south of Lef Sallata and east of Papa Kristo Negovani streets.

The mosque has a dome with a supporting polygon raised base, arched windows and classical triangular forms topping the side walls.

It is believed that the cultural monument was designed by the prominent Ottoman architect, Mimar Sinan, a leading mosque builder in the Ottoman Empire and the author of the Great Suleymaniye Mosque in Constantinople (Istanbul).