Umur Bey Cami Haziresindeki XVIII. Yüzyıl Serpuşlu Mezar Taşları

From the foundation of the Ottoman Empire to its becoming an empire and its collapse, some families were involved in the important mechanisms of the state and played a positive role. One of these families is Timurtas Pasha and his sons, who contributed a lot to the state in the early period. Among the five sons of Timurtas Pasha, Umur Beg came to the fore both militarily and scientifically. In addition to the buildings he brought to Turkish Islamic architecture, Umur Beg, who attracted attention with the foundations he established, had many works translated, wrote books and donated them to the library he founded. Deceased in 1461, Umur Beg was buried in the baldachin mausoleum in the courtyard of the Umur Beg Mosque in Bursa. A total of 122 graves were explored in the large burial ground surrounding the mosque and tomb. Among the graves belonging to scholars, ulamas and people belonging to various professions, only the gravestones with headgear (serpus) that can be dated to the 18th century were taken into consideration. Of the low and high framed tombs, ten belong to men and one to women, dating from 1722 to 1794.The main purpose of evaluating the 18th century headgeared tombs is that the tombstones present diversity and richness in terms of type, ornamentation and headgear (serpus). The heads of Pashali, katibi, nezkeb, dardagan and hotoz are important in terms of indicating position, gender and rank. After the heads, the textual content, the type of writing and finally the ornamentation, which also conveys the baroque style of the period, are important.