Considering the New Documents, Kadıköy İbrahim Ağa Lodges (Mosque), Primary School and Police Station
This study aims to reconsider the İbrahim Ağa Mosque (Zaviye), primary school and police station located in Koşuyolu Neighbourhood, Kadıköy, in light of newly obtained documents. According to the literature, the mosque was built by İbrahim Ağa, one of the Babüsssade Ağas of Murad III, in 988 A.H. (1580681 A.D.). It is understood from the foundation charter number TS. MA. d 7071 in the Topkapı Palace Archives and some documents in the Ottoman Archives that the patron and construction date of the building are different from the information reflected in the publications. From the foundation charter dated 907 H. (1501 A.D.), it is known that the structure was founded by Karaferye Zaimi Tavaşi İbrahim Ağa as a zawiya with a mosque, inn, kitchen and three rooms. Founded as a zawiya, the structure began operating as the İbrahim Ağa Lodge in the late 17th century, and in the mid618th century, it was converted into a mosque by adding a pulpit to its masjid. It is not understood when the other elements except the mosque were removed. There was no primary school or police station in the complex when it was founded. According to information obtained from archive documents, a police station was built to the east of the graveyard in 1849650 A.D. and a primary school was built above the courtyard gate in1869 A.D. This document, dated 1869 A.D., also includes a sketch detailing the locations of the mosque, school and police station.
Yeni Belgeler Işığında Kadıköy İbrahim Ağa Zaviyesi (Camisi), Sıbyan Mektebi ve Karakolu
Bu çalışmada Kadıköy, Koşuyolu Mahallesi’nde bulunan İbrahim Ağa Camisi (Zaviyesi), sıbyan mektebi ve karakol6 unun, ulaşılan yeni belgeler ışığında yeniden ele alınması hedeflenmektedir. Literatüre yansıyan haliyle caminin H. 988 (M. 1580681) tarihinde III. Murad’ın babüsssade ağalarından İbrahim Ağa tarafından inşa ettirildiği belirtilmek6 tedir. Topkapı Sarayı Arşivi’nde bulunan TS. MA. d 7071 numaralı vakfiye ile Osmanlı Arşivi’ndeki bazı belgelerden yapının banisinin ve inşa tarihinin yayınlara yansıyan bilgilerden farklı olduğu anlaşılmaktadır. H. 907 (M. 1501) tarihli vakfiyeden, yapının Karaferye Zaimi Tavaşi İbrahim Ağa tarafından, bünyesinde mescit, han, mutfak ve üç odası olan bir zaviye olarak kurulduğu bilgisine ulaşılmaktadır. Zaviye olarak kurulan eser, 17. yüzyıl sonlarında İbrahim Ağa Tekkesi olarak faaliyet göstermeye başlamış, 18. yüzyıl ortalarında ise mescidine minber konularak camiye çevrilmiştir. Mescidi dışındaki diğer unsurların ne zaman ortadan kalktığı anlaşılamamıştır. Kurulduğunda bünyesinde sıbyan mektebi veya karakol bulunmadığı anlaşılan yapı topluluğuna, arşiv belgelerinden edinilen bilgilere göre 1849650’de hazirenin doğusuna karakol, 1869’da avlu kapısının üstüne sıbyan mektebi inşa ettirilmiştir. 1869 tarihli olan bu belge ekinde cami, mektep ve karakolun yerlerine dair detayları içeren bir kroki de yer almaktadır.
This study is about the İbrahim Ağa Mosque, primary school and police station located in Koşuyolu Neighbourhood, Kadıköy District, Istanbul. From the buildings examined, only the mosque has survived to the today, preserving its integrity. Only two walls of the police station have survived to this day in a dilapidated state, while the primary school has not survived to this day. According to the publications, the mosque was built by İbrahim Ağa, one of the Babüssaade Agas of the reign of Sultan Murad III, in 988 A.H. (1580 A.D.). However, new information about the patron and construction date of the structure can be obtained from the foundation deed numbered TS. MA. d 7071 in the Topkapı Palace Archives and some documents in the Ottoman Archives. Although the summary of the foundation charter numbered TS. M.A. d 7071 in the Ottoman Archives states the date 20 Safer 970 H. (19 October 1562 A.D.), the bottom line of the foundation charter text states the date as mid6Safer 907 H. (August6September 1501 A.D.). In this foundation charter, the structure is one of the foundation buildings belonging to Karaferya Zaimi Tavaşi İbrahim Ağa in Kadı Village of Üsküdar. According to the foundation charter, the complexs was established as a zawiya with a mosque, an inn, a kitchen and three rooms. The real estate allocated for the maintenance and operation of these foundation buildings is also included in the foundation charter. Some units within the lodge (zaviye) have disappeared over time. This zawiya was built between 1493 A.D., when İbrahim Ağa purchased the land on which these buildings were built, and 1501 A.D., the date of the foundation deed. It is stated that the structure was in operation as a lodge in the late 17th century and that the masjid was converted into a mosque by adding a pulpit in the mid618th century. There is information about the repair of the monument in documents dated 1845, 1891, 1897 and 1906 A.D. in the Ottoman Archives. In its current form, the mosque is built on a vertical rectangular site in the southeast6northwest direction. The building, which has a portico in front, has a women’s gallery sitting on two supports on the northwest side of the harim section. The mihrab and minbar of the structure date back to the last quarter of the 20th century. The building is covered with a hipped roof. In 200062001, a door was opened in the northeast wall of the mosque and an annexe was built to the east of the mosque. The squat minaret of the building is approximately at the level of the portico on the southwestern facade. The base of the minaret is raised up to the main wall of the building and has a square section. The body, balcony, and honeycomb parts of the minaret are round, and the cone part is pointed. In some images from the last quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century, the minaret of the mosque is higher than it is today. The body, balcony and honeycomb section of this old minaret are also round in plan, and its cone is made of stone. A belt with a garland motif stands out just below the cone section. Along with the eastern addition in the early 2000s, another independent, very tall minaret was built to the northeast of the structure. It is not known when the kitchen, inn and three rooms that were in the structure when it was first built were removed. However, in 1849650 A.D., a police station was built southeast of the cemetery behind the mosque. Today, only the northeast and northwest walls of the police station remain standing. However, it is possible to get an idea about the entrance facade and cover with the old visuals. It is understood from an image taken between the last quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century that the police station was a structure covered with a hipped roof with a columned entrance in front. The document dated 1869 A.D. is about the construction of a primary school on the courtyard entrance of the mosque. This document includes a sketch showing the layout of the mosque, primary school and police station. The location of the mosque, primary school and police station in this sketch is parallel to the location in the maps of “Alman Mavileri”. The current borders of the mosque are different from the organisation in the sketch and map. Ayvansarayi et al. (Hadika’ül Cevami) stated that before the new primary school was built on the courtyard wall of the mosque, there was a ruined primary school and the narthex of the mosque was used for this purpose. From the sketch attached to the document, it is understood that the school was two6storey, with shops and toilets on the lower floor and a section used as a teacher’s room and classrooms on the upper floor. The southwestern facade of the primary school, which has not survived to this day, is reflected in some old images. From the images, timber framed structure covered by timber claddings. In this image, with four rectangular windows are lined up side by side on the upper floor of the hipped6roofed school, smaller toilet windows can be seen on the lower floor.
