On the East of the main gate of the medieval Goren Grad - the fortress over Skopje Bazaar, the grandiose Mustafa Pasha's mosque, legacy from the Ottoman commander of Skopje, Mustafa Pasha dominates. The Mosque was built on the foundation of an older Christian cult place in 1492 as an endowment of Mustapha Pasha. Since he was vizier of Sultan Selim I, he received four villages around Skopje. Mustapha Pasha died in 1519 and was buried in turbeh near the northeastern wall of the mosque.As a respectful person in the Empire, with an office in Rumelia, Mustafa Pasha in 1492 donated the construction of the building. The architecture of the mosque is simple with harmonious proportions on the facades. It is part from the buildings from the early Constantinople period.

 

The central nave, drafted on a square foundation, through pandatiphs is arched by tambour with twelve sides on which a monumental dome is erected. The portal of the mosque is among the rare ones made of marble and for the wooden front door, the well known technique "kündekârî" was used. The prayer niche and the preaching place are made of marble with magnificent stalactite decoration, rosettes and floral motives. In the interior there is domination of calligraphic records (levhi) and rich polychrome painted decoration in the under dome space done in the well known technique (malakârî).Within the framework of this sacral complex next to the East facade of the mosque the turbeh (grave) of Mustafa Pasha is situated. According to the architectural elements the building belongs to the closed type of buildings and the base is with six sides. On every side of the building there is per one opening, from which one shows the entrance, and the rest of them are the windows. It's covered with dome erected on a shallow tambour, which is outside polygonal and inside is in circle shape. The facade in accordance with the mosque is covered with white marble which is the only example here. Over the lintel of the turbeh, the inscription board written in calligraphic celi-nesh script is preserved. The prophylaxis is used for the manufacturing of the frames of the openings and for the final coronas. In the turbeh there is a sarcophagus decorated with relief floral motives.

 

The damages from 1963 when the inscription board collapsed were later on renovated.