Hz. Şube Tomb
About the Person:
- According to one narration, a group of Companions were permitted to enter the city of Constantinople following an agreement with the Byzantine emperor. They are said to have toured the city and prayed in Hagia Sophia.
- As they were leaving the city, they were ambushed by Byzantine soldiers and martyred. Şube is counted among these Companions.
About the Tomb:
Construction Year: 1830, 1953
Ordered by: Mahmud II and the people
Architect: Unknown
Prominent Features:
- The tomb was restored during the reign of Sultan Mahmud II and again in 1953. Its renewed gravestone in thuluth script states that it belongs to the Companion named Shu‘bah, recording his death in AH 46 (AD 666–667).
- The tomb façade once bore the tughra (imperial monogram) of Sultan Mahmud II, though it has since been lost.
- On the façade are couplets encouraging visitation: “If you seek the Prophet’s intercession / Visit the Companions of Shu‘bah.”
