Şeyh Zengi Ali Baba Tomb

Şeyh Zengi Ali Baba Tomb

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Şeyh Zengi Ali Baba, Fatih Sultan Mehmed devrinde İstanbul’a gelerek 1486 tarihli vakfiyesiyle Mahmud Paşa Külliyesi civarında bir zaviye (tekke) kurmuştur. Bektaşî–Kalenderî geleneğinden geldiği düşünülür.

Kurduğu tekke, zamanla Halvetî, Kadirî ve özellikle Sa‘dî tarikatlarının İstanbul’daki etkili merkezlerinden biri haline gelmiştir. Tekke, 19. yüzyılda Şeyh Fethî Efendi ve Şeyh Şerafeddin Efendi döneminde en parlak devrini yaşamıştır.

About the Mausoleum

Year Built
1486, 1854
Commissioned By
Şeyh Zengi Ali Baba
Architect
Unknown
Location
Fatih

Featured Highlights

  • Small square-planned structure with rubble stone and brick walls, topped with a hipped roof.

  • Inside the tomb are the sarcophagus of Baba Alişah and two graves of dervishes.

  • In the tomb garden, there are remnants of a water gauge once belonging to the old lodge.

  • Today, the tomb and its courtyard are enclosed within a parking lot, and its surrounding wall and entrance gate bear signs of 19th-century renovations.

  • The structure is a rare remnant of transitional periods in Istanbul's dervish lodge life during the Ottoman era.

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