Hadım İbrahim Paşa Tomb
About the Person:
- Hadım İbrahim Paşa, also known as Tavaşi İbrahim Paşa, was one of the senior viziers during the reign of Kanuni Sultan Süleyman. He served as the beylerbeyi of Anatolia, as a kubbe veziri, and held other significant positions.
- He was known for his strict discipline and particular emphasis on the concept of time. To ensure that the call to prayer (ezan) was performed precisely on time, he endowed a house for the setup of hourglasses and appointed an official to manage them. The muezzins would recite the call to prayer upon receiving signals from this location.
About the Tomb:
Construction Year: Mid-16th century
Ordered by: Constructed as part of his own külliye (complex)
Architect: Mimar Sinan
Prominent Features:
- The tomb is situated within the large courtyard of the külliye. Over time, it fell into disrepair and received only inadequate restoration.
- No surviving inscriptions have been found on the sarcophagus stones.
- The tomb is of the open-air type, made of marble, and currently has no roof.
- The oldest gravestone in the surrounding hazire (tomb courtyard) dates to AH 1148 (1735), indicating that burial in the surrounding area became common only after the founder’s interment.
- One notable grave in the hazire belongs to a poet from Bursa known by the pen name ‘Kandi’, who passed away in AH 962 (1555).
- The courtyard, once filled with vast and grand trees, has since fallen into neglect—most of the trees have been cut down and the area is now surrounded by buildings.
