Person in the Tomb
Seyyid Abdüsselam Çelebi was a distinguished statesman of the Ottoman Empire, said to be a descendant of Hazrat Abu Bakr—the companion and caliph of the Prophet Muhammad.
After the conquest of Egypt, he was brought to Istanbul, handled financial affairs, and served five years as Chief Treasurer (başdefterdar) during the reign of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent.
He played a major role in the development and urbanization of Küçükçekmece in the Ottoman period, commissioning the construction of a mosque, madrasa, soup kitchen (imaret), and other structures, as well as establishing various charitable foundations (vakıfs).
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It is a small yet elegant structure with a hexagonal plan that exhibits the hallmarks of classical Ottoman tomb architecture.
The mausoleum stands just beside the historic Küçükçekmece bridge.
Around it lie the remnants of the madrasa and mosque that Seyyid Abdüsselam Çelebi commissioned.
The inscription on the fountain in front of the tomb states that Seyyid Abdüsselam Çelebi was a descendant of Hazrat Abu Bakr.
The mausoleum forms an important part of Küçükçekmece’s Ottoman-era identity.
