Cenâbî Ahmed Pasha's life, waqfs and works

Ahmed Pasha, "Cenâbî", "Hayâlî", "Hayâtî" also known as the nicknames and served as a Beylerbeylik of Anatolia. He was one of the Ottoman statesmen of XVI. Century Ahmed Pasha entered the Enderun School, Topkapi Palace at a young age, and completed his education and training here and performed various duties. During the reign of Suleiman the magnificent, he served as the Beylerbeylik of Anatolia for nearly twenty years. During the years when Ahmed Pasha was a beylerbeyi, the center of the Beylerbeyi of Anatolia was Ankara. Ahmed Pasha, known as an honest and trustworthy person around him, is known as a fair, thin-spirited and art-loving personality. There are opinions that Ahmed Pasha, who played an active role in the struggle for the throne between Kanuni's sons, married Nergisshah Sultan, daughter of Prince Mustafa, son of Kanuni, whose common nickname is "Cenâbî", is also prominent with his literary personality. It has a Divan. In his poems, he used Cenâbî and the letter mahlas. Ahmed Pasha, a long time did beylerbeylik in Ankara, Mimar Sinan, made by his masters or accepted, among the public records and archival resources. Almighty "Cenâbî Ahmed Paşa", "Hayâlî Ahmed Paşa", "Hayâtî Ahmed Paşa", "new mosque" referred to with names like mosque and built a team around him has been instrumental to the formation of the sponsor. While Hayrat has a bath, fountain and mausoleum, Mevlevihâne was built in the courtyard and this community of buildings has taken on the appearance of a complex. No direct foundation of Ahmed Pasha belonging to the waqfs and especially the mosque was found neither in the archives of the General Directorate of Foundations nor in the Directorate of State Archives. However, there are waqfs established at various times related to the mosque and the mausoleum, especially related to the assignments and repairs in the mosque. Keywords: Cenâbî Ahmed Pasha, His Mosque, New Mosque, Beylerbeylik of Anatolia, History of Ankara, Waqf.