Dogubayazid Ishak Pasha Seray 1784 - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)

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Dogubayazit
Ishak Pasha Seray
1784
Architect probably Ishak Pasha
Rural Palace

The Ishak Pasha Seray is one of the most beautiful and romantic Ottoman palaces, not the least because of its breathtaking lonely location. It was commissioned by the local Kurdish Ottoman governor Ishak Pasa and took ninety-nine years to complete in 1784. Ishak Pasa is also thought to be the architect of the palace.
The Palace suffered serious damage during several wars, beginning with the Russian siege in 1828. Its entry doors and other wooden architectural pieces were stolen and can be admired in the Ermitage Museum of Sankt Petersburg.
The inner courtyard (enderun) is about twenty by thirty-five meters. It includes an administrative section, a mosque, madrasa (medrese) to the north, servant rooms and stables to the south, a double-story structure housing the guards to the east. The harem section is slightly higher in elevation than the inner courtyard. It is surrounded by pleasure gardens (hasbahçe) on three sides, and has a ceremonial hall (muayede salonu), kitchen (mutfak), cellar (kiler), baths (hamam) and many rooms. - Visiting the place in 1990 I could rid myself of the impression that this castle had really been a Sufi Tekke. See, for example, the Seygazi Battal Takkiya near Eskeshehir.

(Photos Rolf Gross 1990 and from Archnet.org)



The dome of the mosque (Archnet.org)




Entry gate to the "harem" from the inner courtyard (Archnet.org).




View from a window in the "harem" (Rolf Gross 1990):

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