Fountain in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey

The fountain is situated in the second courtyard of Haji Bektash Veli Museum, which is called the courtyard of the dervishes. It is understood from the inscriptions over the fountain that it was built in 1554 and began to be called the Lion Fountain after Sultan Fatma, who is from Kavalal? Mehmet Pasha's lineage, sent the lion sculpture from Egypt

Alevi Arabic Aykac Baba Bahar Balim Bektash Bektashi Bektasi Capadocia Dedebaba Dervish Forty Haci Haji Kirklar Koran Meydan Meydani Mistic Nevsehir Spiritual Sufi Turbe Veli

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