Fatma Sultan Tomb
About the Person:
- Fatma Sultan is the daughter of Hümaşah Sultan, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmet, the son of Suleiman the Magnificent, and Ferhat Paşa.
- She married Mustafa Paşazade Mehmet Bey, the Beylerbeyi of Şehr-i Zar. She died in 1588.
- She is one of the distinguished ladies of the Ottoman dynasty, a palace sultan whose lineage goes back to Suleiman the Magnificent. She is buried in the same tomb with her husband Mehmet Bey.
About the Tomb:
Construction Year: 1588
Ordered by: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Prominent Features:
- It was built in the baldachin style (the top is covered and supported by legs and columns, while the sides are open) with open tomb architecture.
- The columns at the four corners taper upwards and have diamond-shaped capitals.
- The columns are connected by pointed arches
- It has a plastered dome sitting on an octagonal drum.
- The sarcophagi inside the tomb are made of marble and are decorated with floral motifs such as rosettes, tulips, carnations and hyacinths.
- There are borders made of lotus-palmette series on the sides of the sarcophagus.
- The entrance door is made of solid marble and is on the west side.
- The tomb is surrounded by spear-tipped metal railings
