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Dick Osseman | profile | all galleries >> Istanbul >> Mosques - Camiler >> Sinan >> Şehzade Mosque >> Şehzade tombs tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Interior of the Şehzade Mosque | Courtyard of the Şehzade Mosque | Şehzade tombs | Imaret of the complex

Şehzade tombs

The Şehzade tombs are inside a walled garden. In particular the one for Şehzade Mehmet is outstanding. I never visited it earlier and was overwhelmed by the quality of its tiles, and overjoyed to see that many were in cuerda seca technique (Strolling through Istanbul indicates they are “almost the last and by far the most flowering of the middle period of Iznik tiles”). They were first manufactured at Iznik in about 1514, when Selim brought back a group of Persian craftsmen after his conquest of Tabriz, while the latest examples, in the lunettes of the windows of Kara Ahmet Paşa Camii, date from 1555.
I saw some other türbes which were closed, and ordinary graves.

I add these pictures to my Şehzade mosque gallery. Some captions have been written, some more later.
Tomb of Şehzade Mehmed
Tomb of Şehzade Mehmed
Tomb of Şehzade Mahmud
Tomb of Şehzade Mahmud
Tomb of Ibrahim Pasha
Tomb of Ibrahim Pasha
Tomb of Rüstem Pasha
Tomb of Rüstem Pasha
Tomb of Fatma Sultan
Tomb of Fatma Sultan
Tomb of Hatice Sultan
Tomb of Hatice Sultan
Tomb of Destari Mustafa Pasha
Tomb of Destari Mustafa Pasha
Istanbul june 2008 0905.jpg
Istanbul june 2008 0905.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Lone grave in 2015 1397.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Lone grave in 2015 1397.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Fatma Sultan (L)  Rüstem Pasha (C) and Şehzade Mehmed (R) in 2008 7089.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Fatma Sultan (L) Rüstem Pasha (C) and Şehzade Mehmed (R) in 2008 7089.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Fatma Sultan (R)  Rüstem Pasha (L) and Şehzade Mehmed (M) in 2008 7088.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Fatma Sultan (R) Rüstem Pasha (L) and Şehzade Mehmed (M) in 2008 7088.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Rüstem Pasha (L) and Şehzade Mehmed (M) and Fatma Sultan (R) in 2008 7091.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Rüstem Pasha (L) and Şehzade Mehmed (M) and Fatma Sultan (R) in 2008 7091.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Rüstem Pasha (L) and Şehzade Mehmed (M) and Fatma Sultan (R) in 2008 7093.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Rüstem Pasha (L) and Şehzade Mehmed (M) and Fatma Sultan (R) in 2008 7093.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Rüstem Pasha (L) and Şehzade Mehmed (R) in 2008 7090.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Rüstem Pasha (L) and Şehzade Mehmed (R) in 2008 7090.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Rüstem Pasha (R) and Şehzade Mehmed (L) in 2008 7094.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Rüstem Pasha (R) and Şehzade Mehmed (L) in 2008 7094.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Rüstem Pasha (R) and Şehzade Mehmed (L) in 2008 7095.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Rüstem Pasha (R) and Şehzade Mehmed (L) in 2008 7095.jpg
Istanbul &_8 0911.jpg
Istanbul &_8 0911.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Şehzade Mahmud (C) and Şehzade Mehmed (R) in 2015 1392.jpg
Istanbul Şehzade complex Tomb of Şehzade Mahmud (C) and Şehzade Mehmed (R) in 2015 1392.jpg