Loğusa Rahime Kadın Tomb
About the Tomb:
- According to one account, in 1596, a soldier joining Sultan Mehmed III’s Egri Campaign entrusted his pregnant wife to God before departing. Upon returning, he learned of her death, but while praying at her grave, he heard a baby crying. When the grave was opened, the baby was found nursing at his mother’s breast. The Sultan took the child into the palace, and he later became a statesman known as ‘Meyyitzade’ (born of the dead).
- Another version holds that Lohusa Sultan was a daughter of a sultan. Forced into an unwanted marriage with ‘Güzel Hoca,’ they had no children. While on pilgrimage, she learned she was pregnant but died at the location of the present tomb before reaching Istanbul. Her husband built a tomb over her. Later, a baby’s cry was heard from the tomb, and the child was found nursing at her breast. This miraculous event spread among the people, and the tomb became a pilgrimage site for infertile women. The baby grew up to serve in the Ottoman state under the name ‘Meyyitzade’.
About the Tomb:
Construction Year: 17th century
Ordered by: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Prominent Features:
- Built in alternating courses of brick and stone.
- Square-planned structure covered with a dome supported by tromps.
- Three façades each have a window, with a door opening on the north façade.
- A marble Ottoman inscription is placed above the window opening on the west façade.
- The tomb houses the sarcophagus of Lohusa Sultan and three others of unknown identity.
