According to records the mosque was built in 1837 and took its name Ziyia Pasha Mosque after restoration in the Islamic year of 1279 (1862/63), in the name of Sultan Abdulazziz, by poet Ziyia Pasha, who served as administrator of Cyprus when Ali Pasha was Grand Vizier.
A school was also built next to the mosque and dedicated to Sultan Abdulazziz.
Ziyia Pasha also established a fund for the maintenance of the mosque and the school.
The minaret was designed and constructed by building master To ulis Karakannas, who was an Evkaf employee, and the structure was repaired in 1891 and again in 1930.
Source: Muslim places on worship in Cyprus (Published by the Press and Information Office, Republic of Cyprus)