Feridun Ahmed Paşa Tomb
About the Person:
- Feridun Ahmed Paşa was an Ottoman bureaucrat who grew up in the palace during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent and rose under the patronage of Sokollu Mehmed Paşa.
- He became Reisülküttab in 1570, then Nişancı, and was appointed to this position for the second time in 1581. He is known for his work as the clerk of the Imperial Council, as a sanjak governor, and for his literary identity.
- His work, Münşeâtu’s-Selâtin, is of great importance in terms of Ottoman political correspondence. He married Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan, the granddaughter of Suleiman I.
- He is strong in verse and prose and is also a poet. He was known among the people as “Hızır Baba” for his modest life and charity.
About the Tomb:
Construction Year: 1583
Ordered by: Feridun Ahmed Paşa
Architect: Unknown
Prominent Features:
- It has a square plan and was built with regular cut stone.
- It has a single dome and upper and lower windows.
- The upper windows have stained glass; the grids in the lower windows were removed during the 1945 renovation.
- At the entrance, there is a portico with four columns and a gable roof.
- The three-line inscription above the door includes couplets wishing mercy upon Feridun Paşa along with his date of death.
- The interior of the tomb is decorated with hand-drawn carvings.
- There is a witness with a coiled cap on his marble sarcophagus.
- Next to the tomb there is also a grave thought to belong to his son.
- The tomb is known among the public as the “Hızır Baba Tomb” and is visited.
