Dervish Cells

ID: TCTKOMV07

Dervish Cells

View looking north northwest at the west bank of dervish cells.  There are a total of 17 of them, each with a separate entrance and a chimney.  These rooms were built by Murat III in 1584.  Today the cells are used for ethnographic displays of rugs and other artifacts.

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Keywords: Cells, Murat III, Ethnography, Courtyard, Rumi, Mevlana, Celaleddin, Konya, Whirling Dervish Dervishes, Jalal Ad-Din Muhammad, Iconium, Turkey, Tomb, TCTKOMV07