Mevlana Museum
Mevlana Museum, incredible, social complex is located on Konya s middle of the Turkey. It is famous for Mevlana Mausoleum belonging to well known great dervish, poet and pioneer of the Islamic mysticism, Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi. Also, this magnificent structure includes many sections such as outdoors, Dervish Cells, Kitchen, Yard, Mosque, Library, Chant Room, Water-tank with a fountain, Semahane and Çerag Door.
At the beginning, this splendid complex was a rose garden surrogated a dervish lodge which was given as a present to Sultânül-Ulemâ Bâhaeddin, the father of Mevlana, by Sultan Aladdin Keykubat in the Seljuk Period.
Afterwards, there was added the mausoleum primarily including the graves of Mevlana’s father, Mevlana and his other family members here. Additionally, in 1926 the place was turned into a museum (today’s it is Museum).
[…] the left side of the mosque in a separated place, the coffin tombs of Mümine Hatun, mother of Hz. Mevlana and his grandsons are present. Yunus Emre Mosque The mosque is located at the city center and was […]