It is a monument of culture dating from the 15th century, which was upgraded and expanded in the 19th century by Abdurahman Pasha, a Turkish feudal master of the Tetovo pashalak. It is located in the old part of Tetovo, beside the river Pena. It is a one-room square building with an architectural combination of Baroque and Neoclassical Ottoman construction style. Data on the history of Painted mosque are engraved in the records carved on the marble slabs placed over its entrance door. The painted mosque with its facade is a particularly attractive monument of culture in Tetovo. The numerous vividly painted ornaments, the colourfulness and the used painting techniques are a rarity and an extraordinary work of Islamic architecture. They are the work of experienced masters from Debar, who besides painting the mosque from the inside and from the outside, decorated the Dervish Arabati-baba tekke and several houses of the bey at the same time. Particularly frescoed is the south side visible from the main road leading to Gostivar.
