Konya Mevlana Tekke 1270s, 1512-1520 - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)

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Konya, Anatolia
The Mevlanan Tekke
1270s, 1512-1520
Seldjuk, Ottoman

The green-domed mausoleum of Sufi mystic and poet Jalal al-Din Mohammad al-Rumi (1207-1273, known as Rumi or Mevlana) is the heart of the convent in Konya that includes a mosque, ritual hall (semahane), dervish cells and kitchens in addition to numerous other tombs and cemeteries. The site, a royal rose garden to the east of the walled city, was a gift in 1228 from the Seljuk sultan to Mevlana's father, theologian Baha al-Din Walad of Balkh (d. 1231), who chose to settle in Konya after his long flight from the Mongol army then approaching his hometown.
The earthen graves of Mevlana and his father were soon after Rumi's death covered with a shrine, and a Tekke (takiyya) was built around the tombs to house the Mawlawi brotherhood.

The first tomb built over Mevlana's grave, a simple domed structure, was commissioned in 1274 by Gurcu Hatun, wife of Seljuk vizier Suleyman Pervane and built by Tabrizi architect Badr al-Din. In 1397, Karamanid ruler Ala' al-Din Ali Bey (1361-1398) replaced the dome with the sixteen-sided conical crown covered with green tiles. The shrine grew with additions and redecorations during the rule of Ottoman sultan Bayezid II (1481-1512). Between 1983 and 1987 the complex was extensively restored.

For a collection of 129 beautiful images see Archnet.org Photos of the Mevlana Museum to which I owe the following images - except the first.

First visit to Konya photo Rolf Gross, 1954. On the right the Selimiye Mosque.