Sultan Ahmed I Fountain
The Wall Fountain at the Gülhane Park Entrance is also known as the Hamidiye Fountain.
- Type
- Fountain
- Culture
- Ottoman
- Century
- 17th century
- Status
- Accessible
Date of Construction: H.1014 / AD 1605-1606
The Inscription of Construction;
Do good and build this fountain for the sake of Allah.
Sultan Ahmed did it, that shadow of God
May he who makes his water find life
May it always flow to the people.
The thought of terror becomes memory history
Give this pure pleasure to the people of the world
Repair Inscription;
Our Master, Al-Ghazi al-Sultan Abdulhamid Khan
His Holiness ordered to build and construct from the mujaddah
It is the Hamidiye Fountain.
Verse
“And We created everything that has life from water.” Enbiya, 30.
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