The ‘Şadgeldi Paşa Türbesi’ (dated c. 1382) has the form of an iwan. This kind of tomb is very rare in Turkey. I t was built during the Beylik (= Turcoman principality) of Kutluşahlar, or very early Ottoman rule. The tomb was restored in 2007.

An iwan (Persian & Turkish: ‘eyvān’) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. This architectural form can be used for entrances, but also (as it is the case here) to create a half open room looking out at a yard. The iwan as used in Anatolia was imported from Islamic Persia, but was invented much earlier and fully developed in Mesopotamia.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Vakıf Abideler ve eski Eserler’ - Vakıflar Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara 1983
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