Aşık Paşa Tomb

Aşık Paşa Tomb

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Person in the Tomb

Gerçek adı Şeyh Ahmed Efendi olan, Aşık Paşazade Osmanlı tarihçiliğinin kurucularından biri olarak bilinir.

Ünlü eseri Âşık Paşazade Tarihi, Osmanlı Devleti’nin kuruluş ve yükselme dönemine dair önemli bir kaynaktır.

Aşık Paşa’nın soyundan gelmesi nedeniyle bu ünvanla anılmıştır. Konya’daki Sadreddin Konevî Tekkesi’nde Şeyh Abdullah el-Makdisî’den ve Mısır’da Seyyid Ebu’l Vefâ’dan tasavvuf eğitimi almıştır.

Rumeli’de İshak Paşa’nın himayesine girmiş, II. Murad döneminde Macaristan seferine ve Kosova savaşına katılmış, İstanbul’un fethinden sonra İstanbul’a yerleşerek talebe yetiştirmiştir.

About the Mausoleum

Year Built
15th century
Commissioned By
Hüseyin Ağa, son of Abdullah, one of the palace Ağas
Architect
Unknown
Location
Fatih

Featured Highlights

  • The tomb is located within the Aşık Paşa Complex and is positioned in the direction of the qibla of the mosque belonging to the complex.

  • It is a square-planned and domed structure.

  • The dome is supported by muqarnas consoles and pointed squinches; it is placed on a twelve-sided drum.

  • The entrance door is in the northeast direction and opens to the courtyard.

  • The interior is illuminated by double rows of windows with rectangular frames and iron bars, some of which are closed today.

  • There is a triple visitation window on the street-facing facade, and the middle window is enclosed in a niche. These types of visitation windows are rare and early examples in Istanbul.

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