The Sadirvan Mosque takes its name from the şadırvan, the ritual ablution fountain that once stood in its courtyard. It is one of two surviving Ottoman mosques in Drama's centre — the other being the Arap Mosque nearby — and dates from the period when Drama was a reasonably prosperous market town in the Ottoman province of Macedonia.
The building is now used for cultural events and exhibitions rather than worship, and can usually be entered when an event is on. Like the Arap Mosque, it represents the layers of religious and cultural history that Drama shares with other northern Greek cities whose Ottoman past has not been entirely erased.