Musallam Cemetery

Inna lillâhi and inna ileyhi raciun .... May my Lord give us all auspicious, fertile, healthy longevity How can you please reach peace before you believe? May Allah teach us to see death like a wedding night like His Holiness.

Rest in peace. I hope the places are heaven

One of my favorite cemeteries. The green areas and pathways are beautiful. It is an ideal place to relax and take a walk when you get tired of the noise of the city.

It is located in Selcuklu District of Konya, Medrese District, Ankara Caddesi. century who made the cemetery and the building is unknown. The mausoleum of Musalla was registered by the decision of the Board of Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage of Konya, dated 04.11.1988 and numbered 311. The crooked cemetery is the largest cemetery in Konya with a large area of ​​191,875 m2. The cemetery has eight entrances. Nalçacı, Parsana and Kalenderhane gates are important main entrances. The Kalenderhane gate is located on the Ankara, in the east. There is a guard house at the entrance. The entrance to Nalçacı is on the west of the cemetery, on the Nalçacı Street. One of the entrances opens to the Christian cemetery in the form of a small triangle, which is entered from the outside and which is not directly connected to the cemetery. The surrounding wall of the monastery was a rubble stone structure. Recently, however, it was covered with andesite and wrought iron railings were made on it. Graveyard with a regular road system divided into islands by main and intermediate roads and numbered. The cemetery is very well afforested and has a green appearance. Trees are irrigated by the wells inside. There are also a lot of fountains. There is a section called eski Paradise Pit bölüm on the island 141 on the north of the monastery. This is one of the oldest places in the cemetery. Sheikh Kutsi Efendi used to say that the prophets were lying here. (Konyalı, 1964, 570) Selçuk Es says that there are four prophets lying here and give their names. Namazgâh One of the important sections of Musalla Cemetery is the prayer. It is also called the square or the place of feast (Baykara, 1998, 53). Namazgah is a large area where people pray for prayer and make a prayer of rain. There is a mihrab made of stone in Namazgâhta. Eight stairs can be reached from two sides of the mihrab. The stairs on the right side of the altar can be a pulpit. Mihrab niche is in the shape of an oyster shell. According to the findings of Ibrahim H. Konyali, there is an entrance of the prayer and there is a marble inscription written in H.948 / M.1541, written in sülüs (Konyalı, 1997, 572). But we did not find such an inscription during our investigations. On the side wall of the namazjih al-namazbih, there is an inscription written in the book "Hicri Tarihi imam, 1349 - M.1930". There are four tombs in the cemetery. These are the Gömeç Hatun Tomb, the Şeyh Şücaeddin Tomb, the Evhadeddin-i Kirmanî Tomb and the Sheikh Halil-i Tomb. We have mentioned Gömeç Hatun Tomb before. Tomb of Evhadeddin-i Kirmani Evhadeddin-i Kirmani Tomb; It is located on the island 130 in southeast of the Tomb of Şeyh Sücaeddîn. It consists of a square cubic body covered with a pointed dome. The walls were built with rubble stone. Its dome is brick. It is a small and simple shrine. The 13th century of the monument from the appearance of the tomb and the recitation of Evhadeddîn-i Kirmanî (Ö.1237) Mausoleum of Sheikh Sücâeddîn Mausoleum of Sheikh Sücâeddîn; It is located on the Island 129 in the south of the Sheikh Halil-i Tomb. The square planned tomb is covered with a dome with 16 slices. It is built with cut stone. There is no candle. There is an inscription on the top of the tomb showing that it is dated M.1349. Şeyh Hâlîl-i Tomb Sheikh Halil-i Tomb; north of the cemetery; Smooth It is a large mausoleum made with cut stone. The octagonal planned tomb is covered with a dome. There is a two-column portico in front of the entrance gate. The walls of the tomb are moved with Bursa arched niches. According to the inscription on the gate, the tomb is dated as H.998 / M.1589. Sheikh Halil, III. Murat died at the time, the tomb III. Mehmet was built in time. (Hâlîl-i (is his name, his name is bab Muhlis ”and his father's name is Yusufası (Konyalı, 1997, 749). There is also a cemetery in Musalla cemetery. It is located in the northeast of the cemetery. Four sides of the martyrdom are surrounded by walls. There is a separate entrance door on Ankara Street from the cemetery. The burial of the martyrdom is still continuing.

A community of souls awaiting the graveyard

There is no information about the opening date of the cemetery, which is centrally located between Nalçacı Street and Ankara Street in the Feritpaşa quarter of the city. However, it is known that the tombs, two tombs and prayer rooms in a location called 'Heaven Well' in the cemetery are from the period of the Anatolian Seljuks. The tombs of Gömeç Hatun, Şeyh Şucaeddin and Şeyh Halili (c.1587) belonging to the Seljuk period are located in the cemetery. There is also a Christian cemetery, military martyrdom and police martyrdom.

There is a historical cemetery in the center of Konya, a place called the historical paradise pit with many tombs, which is actually a mansion of paradise. There is also a historical prayer hall. There is a prayer place where mass prayers are performed before expeditions or on Eid days. Those who visit the cemetery should also see the place where the baby graves are located along the way in the cemetery and say a prayer.

It is not known when the cemetery, located in a central location between Nalçacı street and Ankara street, was opened. There are Martyrdoms and Namazgah in the cemetery.