The Sinan Pasha Mosque in Prizren is an Ottoman mosque built by Sofi Sinan Pasha, a Prizren native and former beylerbey and kaymakam in Bosnia. The article names no architect. Construction began in 1600 or 1608, according to the article, and finished in 1615. The stone building is square, 46 by 46 feet (14 by 14 m), with walls 5.4 feet (1.65 m) thick. It has one large dome, a smaller half-dome over the mihrab and a minaret 143 feet (43.5 m) high.
The 19th-century floral and Qur'an-verse paintings inside have suffered. Rain through holes in the roof has destroyed some original paintings and loosened plaster.
The source of its stones is disputed. One scholar says they came from the nearby Holy Archangels Monastery, while Hasan Kaleshi argued in 1972 that Sinan Pasha could not have destroyed a monastery without a sultan's decree. Serbia declared it a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990.
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