The tomb sits between Camii Kebir Caddesi and Beybaba Sokak, its courtyard gate on the lane. It is built of cut stone under a single dome, ten-sided, though not every face has a window; the ones that do have two tiers.
In front of the door is a portico on six square marble columns, which the Eyüpsultan municipality's page compares to the portico of the Sinan Paşa tomb at Çarşıkapı. The inscription over the door dates the building to 1589.
Repairs have changed its surroundings more than the building itself: the marble grilles above the lower windows were removed and replaced with plain slabs, and in 1942 the high courtyard wall was lowered and the lane that ran past the tomb was closed.
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- Across İstanbul as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.8 °C in January to 24.7 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (99 mm) and lightest in July (22 mm). Long-term means for 1950-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
