Sultan Mahmud II Tomb of
The Tomb of Mahmud II is a mausoleum built in Istanbul by Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid for his father, Mahmud II, and later used to bury other sultans and members of the Ottoman dynasty.[1] Completed in 1840, the tomb is located on Divanyolu Street in the Çemberlitaş neighborhood of Istanbul's Fatih district.
After Mahmud II's death in 1839, his son Abdülmecit, who succeeded him, immediately asked the architect brothers Ohannes Dadyan and Boğos Dadyan to build a tomb for his father. The land used for the construction of the tomb was allocated by Esma Sultan, Mahmud II's beloved sister. Esma Sultan had her own mansion on this land at the time. According to Can Selman, the tomb is the work of Engineer Abdülhalim Efendi, who served as Director of Public Works for two terms. Pars Tuğlacı, however, claims that the work is by Garabed Balyan. However, he has not provided any sources to support this claim. There are also studies that cite Ohannes and Bogos Dadyan as architects without any definitive evidence. Built on Divanyolu, on the site of the former palace of Esma Sultan, sister of Sultan Mahmud II, the structure consists of a tomb, a sebil (water fountain), a fountain, a hazire (cemetery), and guard rooms. The mausoleum also contains the tombs of Sultan Abdülaziz and Sultan Abdülhamid II. Engineer Abdülhalim Efendi built the Mekteb-i Maarif-i Adliye (School of Justice) and a library next to the mausoleum.
