The King Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia Mbret or Xhamia e Hynqarit, Turkish: Hünkâr Camii) or Sultan Bayezid Mosque (Xhamia e Sulltan Bajazitit) is a historical Ottoman-era mosque within the Ottoman Elbasan Castle in the town of Elbasan, Albania.
| King Mosque | |
|---|---|
| Native name Albanian: Xhamia Mbret | |
 Portico and entrance after restoration works in 2013 | |
| Location | Elbasan |
The mosque was built by Sultan Bayazid II around 1482–1485. This makes it one of the oldest active mosques in Albania besides the Fatih Mosque in Durrës. It became a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1948.[1]
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- ^ "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
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