Özet:

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 Timurtaş Pasha and his sons, who contributed a lot to the state in the early period. Among the five sons of Timurtaş 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 (serpuş) 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 (serpuş). In fact, the most important aspects that make the tombstones valuable are the texts inside the tomb, the titles denoting the position and degree, and finally the ornamentation that conveys the style of the period.