XVIII. Century Fountains

Gülnuş Emetullah Valide Sultan Fountain 

Founder : Gülnuş Emetullah Valide Sultan, mother of Ahmet III and Mustafa III.

Date :1121 AH / 1709

Location : In front of Yeni Mosque on Hakimiyeti Milliye Caddesi in Üsküdar.

Type : Single face wall fountain.

Ibrahim Pasa Fountain and Sebil

Founder : Damad Ibrahim PaSa, grand vezir.
Date : 1133 AH / 1720
Location : A part of Damad Ibrahim Paşa Mosque complex, located at tha corner of Şehzadebaşı Caddesi and Dede Efendi Caddesi in Şehzadebaşı.
Type : Single face wall fountain.

Hasan Pasa (Nakkas) Fountain

Founder : Unknown.
Date :1136 AH / 1723-24
Location : In the façade of Nakkaş Hasan Paşa Türbe on Zal Pasa Caddesi in Eyüp.
Type : Single face wall fountain.

Besir Aga Fountain

Founder : Hâzin Beşir Aga
Date :1140 AH / 1727
Location : On Aynacılar Sokagı in the Kapalıcarsı (Covered Bazaar)
Type : Single face wall fountain.

Ibrahim Pasa Fountain - Ortakoy 

Founder : Ibrahim Pasa, grand vezir
Date :1136 AH / 1723
Location : In the square in front of Ortakoy Mosque in Ortakoy
Type : Single face freestanding fountain.

Ahmet Han (III) Fountain- Topkapi Palace

Founder : Sultan Ahmet III
Date :1141 AH / 1728
Location : In front of the Imperial Gate of Topkapi Palace
Type : Four face freestanding fountain with sebil.

Ahmet Han (III) Fountain- Uskudar

Founder : Sultan Ahmet III
Date :1141 AH / 1728
Location : In Iskele Meydan in Uskudar
Type : Four face freestanding fountain.

Bereketzade Fountain

Founder : Originally built by the muezzin (caller to prayer) of Mehmed II. Rebuilt in contemporary style in 1445 AH/ 1732-33, and in 1260 AH/ 1894, at the wish of Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan restored in its original form by the treasurer Azm-i Cemal.
Date :1145 AH / 1732
Location : Originally next to Bereketzade Mescid, but later moved to the square in which Galata Tower stands.
Type : Single face wall fountain.

Hekimoglu Ali Paşa Fountain- Kabatas

Founder : Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa, grand vezir.
Date :1145 AH / 1732
Location : In İskele Meydan in Kabataş
Type : Two face freestanding fountain. 

Mahmud Han (I) Fountain (Tophane Fountain)

Founder : Sultan Mahmud I.
Date :1145 AH / 1732
Location : In Tophane Meydan.
Type : Four face freestanding fountain with storage tank.

  Saliha Sultan Fountain and Sebil
Founder : Saliha Valide Sultan, wife of Mustafa II and mother of Mahmud I.
Date :1145 AH / 1732
Location : Behind Sokullu Mehmed Paşa Mosque in Çeşme Meydan, in Azapkapı.
Type : Freestanding fountain with sebil.

Ayrılık Fountain (Ahmet Aga Fountain)

Founder : Originally built in Gazanfer Ağa in the XVIII th century. Repaired by Ahmet Ağa (head porter to Mahmud I) in 1741. A second inscription records repairs carried out by Dürriye Sultan in 1921.
Date :1154 AH / 1741
Location : At the corner of Ayrılık Çeşme Sokağı and the road linking Haydarpaşa Çayırı Sokağı to the İbrahimağa Acıbadem road.
Type : Menzil fountain for travellers incorporating namazgâh.  

İshak Ağa Fountain / On Cesme (Ten Fountain)

Founder : Originally built by Behruz Ağa, hasodabaşı (master of the chamber) to Süleyman the Magnificent. Repaired on the orders of Mahmud I by İshak Ağa, customs superintendent of Istanbul, whose name is recorded in the inscription.
Date :1159 AH / 1746
Location : In İskele Meydan in Beykoz.
Type : Single face freestanding fountain with storage tank.

Mustafa Han (III) Fountain

Founder : Sultan Mustafa III
Date :1174 AH / 1760
Location : At the corner of the courtyard wall of Ayazma Mosque, on the corner of Ressam Ali Rıza Bey Sokağı and Mehmed Paşa Değirmen Sokağı in Üsküdar.
Type : Single face corner fountain.

Mahmud Han (I) Fountain - Kandilli

Founder : Sultan Mahmud I
Date :1165 AH / 1751
Location : At the top of İskele Caddesi opposite İskele Meydan in Kandilli.
Type : Two face freestanding fountain.

Abdulhamit Han (I) Sebil and Fountains

Founder : Abdülhamid Han I.
Date :1191 AH / 1777
Location : Originally opposite Hamidiye Imaret and School, where now Vakıf Han IV stands, in Bahçekapı but later moved to the corner of Zeyneb Sultan Mosque.
Type : Single face wall fountain with two sebils.

 Beylerbeyi Mosque Fountains
Founder : Sultan Abdülhamid I
Date :1192 AH / 1778
Location : On either Side of the entrance to the courtyard of Beylerbeyi Mosque on Yalıboyu Caddesi.
Type : Pair of single face wall fountains.

 Esma Sultan Fountain- Kadirga

Founder : Esma Sultan, the daughter of Ahmed III and sister of Mustafa III and Abdülhamid I.
Date :1193 AH / 1779
Location : In Kadırga Meydan.
Type : Four face freestanding fountain with namazgâh.

Abdulhamid Han (I) Fountain- Emirgan

Founder : Abdülhamid I.
Date :1197 AH / 1782
Location : Beneath the plane tree in the square in front of the mosque in Emirgan.
Type : Four face octagonal freestanding fountain.

Ebubekir Aga Fountain

Founder : Ebubekir Ağa
Date :1207 AH / 1792
Location : Near Şah Sultan Mosque on Silâhtar Ağa Caddesi in Bahariye, Eyüp.
Type : Single face wall fountain.

 Suleymaniye Meydan Fountain

Founder : Unknown
Date :1207 AH / 1792
Location : At one end of Tiryaki Çarşısı in Süleymaniye.
Type : Single face freestanding fountain. 

Halid Aga Fountain- Kadıkoy

Founder : Halid Ağa, darüssaade ağa (chief black eunuch.)
Date :1209 AH / 1794
Location : On Halid Ağa Sokağı in Kadıköy.
Type : Three face wall fountain.

Kuzguncuk Iskele Fountain

Founder : Unknown.
Date :1207 AH / 1792
Location : The building next to the ferryboat quay in Kuzguncuk.
Type : Single face wall fountain.

Yogurtcu Fountain

Founder : Unknown.
Date :18th century.
Location : On the side of Yoğurtçu Çayırı Caddesi facing the river where the road curves up to Yoğurtçu Parkı Yokuşu in Kadıköy.
Type : Single face wall fountain.

 
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