In the borough of Eminönü this complex is located on the north east side of Nuruosmamye Complex and comprised of a mosque, tomb, hamam, a inn (commercial building generating income for the complex"), a higher education school, soup kitchen and a school for young boys.
Today all that retrrains is the mosque, tomb, um and hamam fhis complex was the first ministrial complex and with the Fatih Complex is the most important group of buildings dating from 15th centrury. Construction was started in early 1460, the mosque being completed by 1462 and the other sections were completed by 1474. The complex was built by Architect Atik Sinan on the orders ol the Prime Minister Mahmud Paşa.
Roofed by two big domes with three smaller ones surrounding them, the interior tiles with white calligraphy on a blue background were added at a later date. The pulpit and altar were made of carved marble and there are six carved stone columns supporting the five domes and smaller domes cover the surrounding corridors. Over the mihrap ıs an inscription with the dale 868 (hegira calendar) pertaining to the date of the buildings completion. The surrounds of the gate are carved marble.
In 1766 the mosque was destroyed by an earlquake and was rebuilt in 1785. After the Great Fire of 1827 it was restored m 1829. Due to the repeated repairs much of the ornamentation is not original. The single balconied minaret built of cut-stone took its final shape after the 1936 restoration.
Mahmut Pasa's tomb is in the mosque garden and there is a fountain built by Mustafa Ağa in the courtyard. Mahmut Paşa Hamam and the Kürkçü Han (Furriers building) are Istanbul's oldest hamam and han, located to the north of the mosque.
Of the school located to the east of the mosque there remains today only one classroom. (s2)

Built in 1462, just nine years after Istanbul's conquest by the Ottomans, this was the first large mosque to be erected within the city walls. Unfortunately, it has been over-restored and much of its original charm lost.
The mosque was funded by Mahmut Paşa, a Byzantine aristocrat who converted to Islam and became grand vizier under Mehmet the Conqueror. In 1474 his disastrous military leadership incurred the sultan's fury, and he was executed. His tomb, behind the mosque, is unique in Istanbul for its Moorish style of decoration, with small tiles in blue, black, turquoise and green set in swirling geometric patterns. (s1)