Abstract
Observation of Ottoman architectural activities, in the first half of the fifteenth century in Amasya and its surroundings, traces of Syrian-origin architects are found. The inscriptions dated 1414, in the Bayezid Pasha Zawiya in Amasya and in the Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Madrasa in Merzifon, a town located near Amasya, concludes that the architect of these structures is Abu Bakr ibn Muhammed, son of whom known as Ibn al-Mushaimish ad Dimishqi, who has a Damascus origin. The inscriptions of the zawiya built in Ankara by Karacabey in the following ten years, conclude that the architect of this structure is Abu Bakr’s son, Ahmed. These facts, give the idea of the family being active in the architectural activities in the area, in the early fifteenth century. Among the monumental structures built in the surroundings, like the Haliliye Madrasa in Gümüş, the Yörgüç Pasha Zawiya in Amasya, the Mustafa Bey Imaret in Havza and the Koca Mehmed Pasha Zawiya in Osmancık, several details are found that exist only in Abu Bakr’s structures. These traces infer that Abu Bakr and Ahmed had a role in the construction of these structures. This research, observing the architectural activities in Amasya and surround- ings in the fifteenth century, aims to trace of Abu Bakr, his son Ahmed and the masters accompanying them.
