5Mosque

The small mosque built in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, now the setting for the manuscript collection including Qurans and copies of the Mathnawi.

In This Area

The Green Dome

Bedreddin Tebrizi, 1274

Main building, above the sarcophagus of Rumi; best seen from the courtyard and the Selimiye Mosque side

The oldest complete manuscript of the Mathnawi

Copied by Muhammad ibn Abdallah al-Qunyavi al-Valadi, illuminated by Mukhlis ibn Abdallah al-Hindi, 1278

Main building, manuscript display in the mosque and adjoining rooms