Guide
The Alaeddin Bey Mosque in Muş, also called the Paşa Mosque, is dated by inscriptions in various parts of the building: work began in 1746-47 and was completed in 1747-48. It was built by Alaeddin Bey, son of Kasım Ağa, the governor of the day.
Andesite tuff was used in the walls, the transitional elements and the dome, and the facades are enlivened with stone of two colours. The minaret is two-coloured cut stone, with a square base and a cylindrical shaft, and around the middle of that shaft runs a band of plant motifs resembling interlaced plane trees. Inside, four cruciform piers stand at the centre, and with the pointed arches springing from pilasters projecting from the walls opposite them they divide the space into nine bays. Look at the outer faces of those piers: on both sides they are decorated from floor level up to the springing of the arches with incised flowers in the form of six-armed daisies.
