Double Cupola

This cupola located at the end of Sivas Street in Kayseri was built in 1247-1248 by his daughters, on behalf of Adile Hatun, the wife of Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat I, the daughter of the Ayyubi ruler Melik Adil. There is an inscription of five lines on the entrance door of the tomb.

The meaning of this inscription is as follows: “this place, Ayyuboğlu Melik Adil Abu Bakr-May Allah make their graves light and their souls and their smells fragrant. His daughter is the source of luck and blessings, the angel of Angels, The Lady of the world and the hereafter, the owner of superior qualities, the Zubeydeki of time, the master of women in the world, the face of Islam and Muslims, the protector of religion and the world, the Godfearing, the good moral and the felicitous. May Allah guide them to their goals and make them look good.645 (1247-1248) ordered”.

The cumbet is set on a high Square pedestal of cut stone and has octagonal plan. The cupola is covered with a dome from the inside and a pyramidal cone from the outside. In addition, Sura Baqara of the Qur'an, written on the walls of sülüs, is circulated as a generation. The outer faces of the Octagon were enclosed in round arches and a loophole window was opened over them. The entrance door is enclosed in a rectangular frame reaching up to the top of the walls. The portal niche with mukarnas is surrounded by a wide border of geometric star transitions. It has a pointed entrance with mukarnas and a round arched gate. An inscription is placed on the entrance. The inside of the vault is quite plain and there is a mummyalılık under it.