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The interior of the mosque was largely altered and modernized with the original wooden ceilings replaced by a plastering one.

An arabic inscription at the entrace of the mosque mentions 1395 as the construction time of the monument, making it the oldest mosque in the country.

Close to the town's market, the wooden mosque can accommodate up to 500 worshipers. It consists of a gathering hall, a minaret, and an administrative building.

The Mosque of Sheriff Khalil Pasha, better known as the Mosque of Tombul, whose construction began in 1740 and was completed in 1744. The mosque complex consists of a main building (prayer hall), a courtyard and a 12-room annex (madrasah boarding house). The main part of the prayer hall is a square, the central part is an octagon, passing through a circle, ending in a sphere (cube). The top of the cube is 25 meters above the ground. The minaret of the mosque is 40 meters high. The mosque in Tombul is one of the largest mosques in Bulgaria.

The historical mosque was newly renovated in 2018 with the help of Turkey

The mosque is located in the town of Momchilgrad and was built in the 17th century, and to this day it continues to be a functioning place of worship. Renovated in 2004, it is the only mosque in the region that has two minarets.

The second largest mosque in Bulgaria, the minaret has unusual features of Syrian and Eastern Anotolian styles: a square body and a round top. The mosque used to be entered through three entrances but today only the main entrance is used. The central dome is if solid lead. The interior frescoes of the mosque date back to the 17th century.

Built on the ruins of a medieval church , the mosque is largely preserved in its original form. In the interior, the original wooden columns were replaced with reinforced concrete.

Together with a bathroom and the minaret, this compete mosque complex is the only remaining mosque in the town.

Also known as the Bazaar Mosque because of its near location to the town's market, the building is cube-shaped and has a hipped roof. The stones to build the mosque were probably brought from the medieval fortress of Ovech, and the old monastery near the village of Ravna.