 Sinan went on a "hajj" to Mecca in 1584 and during his absence his place was taken by the royal architect Mehmed Subaşı.Sinan included the mosque in the list of his works in a draft of his autobiography ("Tuḥfetü’l-miʿmārīn") but omitted it from a later version ("Teẕkiretü’l-ebniye").The foundation inscription on the mosque gives the completion date as AH 994 (1585-86).