Silahtar Mustafa Pasa Caravanserai

A historical place that must be seen, it has been restored and evaluated very well, it smells of history, it would be better if the explanations were made a little more. It has a wide indoor and outdoor area.

In 1637, in Alacakapı Neighborhood of Battalgazi District, IV. It was built by Murat's gunsmith, Bosnian Mustafa Pasha. It was built as an open courtyard and a closed hall on a rectangular area of ​​68x76 meters. A room can be seen on both sides of the arched entrance door. Above this door, you reach the part that is thought to be a masjid that can be reached by a ladder through the wall. On the face of the hall facing the courtyard and on both sides of the entrance, six rooms are lined up with vaults. The top of the main closed part is covered with three rows of vaults. The vaults stand on plain feet. The architect of the building is Ustad Ebubekir, the son of Aleppo Chief Architect, Ustad Mehmet. Located on the roads leading to the East, this caravanserai is important in terms of showing the commercial density of the city. The inn, which has a military function as well as a commercial one, was built on a very solid foundation. It is a building in which the shops lined up on a line are located as a complex. The inn has two inscriptions. One is above the entrance to the inner inn and the other is above the courtyard entrance. During the restoration carried out between 2007 and 2010, the shops surrounding the front of the caravanserai were removed, the masjid section, porticoes, pool section and walls were restored. Caravanserai is open to visitors every day of the week between 09.00-17.00. Source. Malatya Governorate