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11-DEC-2011

Tarsus Miralay Ahmet Bey Camii 0953.jpg

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The Miralay Ahmet Bey Camii. I found: Miralay Ahmet Bey Mosque is a mosque located in the Tarsus district of Mersin, named after the person who built it, Miralay Ahmet Bey. Among the works built by Miralay Ahmet Bey are the Eski Hal Mosque, a 20-room madrasah and the Alaybey Mosque in Bozcaada.

Miralay Ahmet Bey, the son of Emin Pasha, the chief physician of Murat V, made his second marriage to Major Şevket Bey's daughter, Nazire Hanım, after his first wife, Növber Hanım, passed away at a young age. She had a daughter named Şükufe Nihal and a son named Raif.

The sarcophagus of Miralay Ahmet Bey is in the Tarsus Museum.

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