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installation
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Ömer Ağa Fountain - Construction
event type
Construction
start date
1731
end date
1731
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The fountain on Çukurcuma Street is made of limestone. The inscription on the pointed arch reads:

“ Sâhib-ül-hayrat Ömer Ağaki Hak”

“ Zât-ı pâkin itdi memdûh-üs-sıfat”

“ Hâzin-i Sultan Mahmud Ham olub”

“ Hayre mâil hakka kaaildir o zat”

“ Şimdi inşa eyleyüp bu çeşmeyi”

“ İtdi saky-i mü’minin-ü mü’minat”

“ İzn-i sultâniyle bir hayr itdi kim”

“ Hak vire ana cinân- âliyat”

“ Hak kabul idüp bu hayri eyleye”

“ Mazhar-ı ( Ve’l-bâkiyat-üs-sâlihât”

“ Didiler ehl-i sühan târihini”

“ Rûh-efzâ çeşme-imâ-ül-hayat”

Translation in English: “The benefactor Ömer Ağaki Hak”

“The pure one, praised for his attributes”

“The treasurer of Sultan Mahmud Ham”

“That person is inclined towards righteousness”

“Now, having built this fountain”

“He has become the water-bearer of the faithful men and women”

“By the sultan’s permission, he has done a good deed”

“May God grant him the highest paradise”

“May God accept this act of charity”

“The manifestation of (And the righteous deeds remain)”

“The people of poetry recorded its history”

“The soul-enriching fountain of life”

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

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