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MEVLANA
MUSEUM
Mevlana Dergahı (Dervish Lodge) which
is presently used as a museum formerly the
Rose Garden of the Seljuks Palace and it
was given as a gift to Mevlana's father
Sultanü'l-Ulema Bahaaeddin Veled by Sultan
Alaeddin Keykubad
When Sultanü'l-Ulema died on 12 January
1231, he was buried the present grave which
is in the mausoleum. This was the first
burial ever take place in
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the Rose Garden.
After the death of Sultanü'l-Ulema,
his friends and disciples approached
Mevlana and told of their wish
to build a maussoleum over his
grave. Mevlana refused this
request remarking "How
could there be a better mausoleum
than the sky itself?). However
when he died on 17 December
1273, his son Sultan Veled accepted
the request of those who wanted
to build a maussoleum over Mevlana's
grave. The mausoleum called
"Kubbe-i Hadra" (Green
mausoleum) was built by the
architect Bedrettin from Tebriz
for 130.000 Seljuk dirhem (currency)
on four elephant feet (thick
columns). After this date, the
construction
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activities
never ceased and continued in
stages up to the end of the
19th century.
Mevlevi Derhgahı (Dervish Lodge)
and the mausoleum started to
function as a museum in 1926
under the name of Konya Museum
of Historical Works. In 1954
the display pattern of the museum
was once more taken up and it
was renamed as the Mevlevi Museum.
While the Museum originally
covered an area of 6.500m² together
with its garden, with the section
expropriated later and designed
as a rose garden, it has today
reached a size of 18.000m²
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The courtyard of the museum
is entered from "Dervişan
Kapısı" (The gate of the
Dervishes). There are dervish
cells along the north and west
sides of the courtyard. The south
side, after Matbah and Hürrem
Pasha mausoleums, terminates with
the gate of Hamuşan (Sealed Lips)
which opens to Üçler cemetery.
On the eastern side of the courtyard
there is the mausoleums of Sinan
Pasha, Fatma Hatun and Hasan Pasha,
the Samahane (Ritual Prayer Hall)
next to them and the small mosque
(mesjidt) section and the main
building where the graves of Mevlana
and his family members are also
housed.
The courtyard is given a special
flavor with the roofed washing
fountain (şadırvan) built by Sultan
Yavuz Sultan Selim in 1512 and
the "Şeb-i Arus" (means
nuptial night or the night Mevlana
passed away) pool and the fountain
which is located in the northern
part of the court and called Selsebil.
Museum Tel : (+90 - 332)
351 12 15
Open hours to visit : 8.30-17.00
Open days to visit : Everyday
except Monday. |
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