XIX. Century Fountains (2nd page)

FOUNTAINS IN OTTOMAN ISTANBUL

XIXth CENTURY FOUNTAINS (2nd page)

Ali Bey Fountain (Cihannüma Fountain)
Founder : Ali Bey
Date :1252 AH / 1836
Location : On Yeni Mahalle Fırını Sokağı in Yeni Mahalle, Yıldız
Type : Four face freestanding fountain.

Kavacık Fountain
Founder : Hasan Tahsin Bey
Date :1253 AH / 1837
Location : At the Eski Kavacık Çiftliği pool in Kanlıca.
Type : Four face column fountain.

Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan Fountain- Maçka
Founder : Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan, second wife of Mahmud II and mother of Sultan Abdülmecid
Date :1255 AH / 1839
Location : On Spor Caddesi between Beşiktaş and Maçka
Type : Four face freestanding fountain.

Abdullah Ağa and Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan Fountain
Founder : Abdullah Ağa, babüssaade ağası (chief white eunuch). Repaire by Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan, mother of Sultan Abdülmecit, in 1257 AH/ 1841. Another date inscription (1907) refers to Saraylı Serfürü Hanım.
Date :1251 AH / 1841
Location : On the corner of Yağhanesi Sokağı, Yeldeğirmeni Sokağı and Yedi Emirler Çeşmesi Sokağı in Uzun Yusuf Mahallesi in Silivrikapı, Fatih.
Type : Single face corner fountain.

Mahmud (II) Fountain
Founder : Sultan Mahmud II
Date :1256 AH / 1840
Location : On Bâb-ı Âli Caddesi in the cemetery walls of Sultan Mahmud II Türbe.
Type : -

Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan Fountain- Topkapı
Founder : Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan
Date :1259 AH / 1843
Location : At the junction of Davutpaşa and Maltepe roads in Topkapı, opposite the city gate outside the city walls.
Type : Pair of single face wall fountains.

Abdülmecit Han Fountain- Yeşilköy
Founder : Sultan Abdülmecid
Date :1258 AH / 1842
Location : On the corner of Bademlik Sokak and Çekmece Caddesi in Yeşilköy.
Type : Fountain with namazgâh.

Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan Fountain- Yıldız
Founder : Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan
Date :1259 AH / 1843
Location : In Cihannüma, Yıldız.
Type : Pair of single face wall fountains.