It was commissioned by the sultan Murad III and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan.

[1] It replaced an earlier small mosque on the site that had been began in 1571 when prince Murad had been governor of Manisa.

[6] The mosque is built of sandstone and has a central dome and three half-domes covering the prayer hall.

The mosque is part of a larger complex (Külliye) consisting of a medrese (Islamic school) and imaret (public charity kitchen).

Most of historic Manisa was destroyed during the Greek army retreat from the city in 1922, the mosque was one of the few buildings to survive.