Sarajevo
The Jedileri turbe stands at the foot of Bistrik, across the Miljacka from Baščaršija. Its name means 'the seven', and Sarajevans call it the turbe of the…
The Jedileri turbe stands at the foot of Bistrik, across the Miljacka from Baščaršija. Its name means 'the seven', and Sarajevans call it the turbe of the Seven Brothers, although the men buried here were not related. Local tradition holds that they were executed unjustly at different times, among them a soldier and shaykh from the time of Sultan Mehmed al-Fatih, two dervishes wrongly accused of theft, and four begs put to death after the raid of 1697. The present turbe was raised around 1815 by Suleiman Pasha Skopljak. It has seven windows facing the street, one for each grave, with a lamp hung above each. For generations passers-by have stopped here to recite al-Fatiha, and it remains one of the best-known places of ziyara in the old city.