Person in the Tomb
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.
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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.
