Ahmed Buhari Tomb

Ahmed Buhari was an important Naqshbandi sheikh who arrived in Istanbul from Bukhara and passed away around seventy years after Emir Ahmed Buhari. He spent most of his life in the Unkapanı area and died there in 1586.
Sultan Murad III held great respect for Ahmed Buhari and had a tomb built over his grave after his death. A tekke bearing his name was also established.
The tomb was later lost, and houses were built over its location. According to tradition, the last sheikh of the tekke, Ali Fakri Efendi, told Sultan Mahmud II that Ahmed Buhari had appeared to him in a dream asking to be rescued from his condition. Sultan Mahmud then ordered Naqshbandi sheikh Mustafa Mısri Efendi to locate the grave. Upon Mustafa Mısri Efendi’s spiritual discovery of the tomb, the sultan ordered the demolition of the surrounding houses and had the tomb and tekke rebuilt.

Construction Year: 1586 (first built), 19th century (rebuilt)

Ordered by: Murad III (first construction), Mahmud II (reconstruction)

Architect: Unknown

Prominent Features:

The tomb has a square plan and was built using smooth cut stones.
It is covered with a dome.
There is an inscription in verse dated 1197/1782 above the visiting window.
Inside, there is the coffin of Emir Buhari and the graves of his family.
Inside the tomb, items such as a staff, fez, saddlebag and sword, which are said to have belonged to Emir Buhari, are exhibited.
In the cemetery surrounding the tomb, there are gravestones of sheikhs and disciples of the Naqshbandi order.
A simple approach dominates the architecture of the tomb; the dome transitions in the interior are provided by pendentives.
The lodge structures were destroyed in a fire in 1918, but the tomb was restored in 1959.