Person in the Tomb
Known by the nickname “Kavsara” due to his mastery in the art of basket weaving, Kavsara Mustafa Baba was a Sufi figure who lived in the 17th century.
He was the founder of the Kavsara Tekke Mosque. The most accurate record of his death is the date H. 1067 (1656-57), as noted on a plaque mentioned in Hadîkatü’l-Cevâmi.
The date H. 1167 on his tombstone is believed to have been engraved mistakenly at a later time. The verse from the mihrab of his demolished mosque has been relocated to the tomb.
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The tomb is rectangular and made of concrete; the original structure was entirely wooden.
It has a grated supplication window facing the street and a simple wooden door opening into a small courtyard on the side.
There are no original inscriptions remaining; earlier ones were lost in a fire.
The large inscription and the verse plaque from the demolished Kavsara Tekke Mosque were placed inside the tomb.
The tomb was maintained for many years through the personal efforts of Mr. Hamdi Erengülü and eventually took its current concrete form.
The headstone features the Halveti crown motif, inscribed with the couplet: “With heart and soul, a lover of the People of the Cloak / May his soul be blessed, O Kavsara Mustafa Baba” followed by an erroneously engraved date of 1167.
