Mehmed II built the complex in 1458, about five years after the 1453 conquest, beside the tomb found that year, which holds the reputed burial of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. Ahmed III rebuilt the two minarets in the early 18th century. Selim III ordered everything except the minarets demolished and rebuilt from 1798 to 1800, and Mahmud II rebuilt the eastern minaret in 1822.
The article describes a classical Ottoman plan, an octagonal baldaquin with a central dome on eight pillars and surrounding semi-domes, with Ottoman Baroque decoration. The mosque is primarily white stone. The infobox lists Tulip Period style, which the text never mentions. It gives no dimensions.
The octagonal domed tomb chamber is covered in Iznik tiles of different periods, assembled in 1798 and 1799. A plane tree stands in the inner courtyard, where sultans were girded with the Sword of Osman. The mosque is an active place of pilgrimage.
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