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It
is
located
in
this
courtyard
called
Enderun,
right
opposite
Bâbüssaâde,
which
provides
access
from
the
second
courtyard
to
the
third
courtyard
of
Topkapı
Palace.
The
Supply
Room
is
a
building
with
a
rectangular
plan,
high
from
the
ground,
surrounded
by
a
portico
with
columns,
and
covered
with
a
wooden
roof
with
wide
eaves.
Evliya
Çelebi
compares
this
place
to
the
"Havernak
Pavilion"
and
lists
it
among
the
sections
built
by
Fatih
Sultan
Mehmed.
XV.
century
to
XIX.
It
is
understood
that
these
changes
in
the
Supply
Room,
which
went
through
various
changes
until
the
19th
century,
were
not
on
the
main
plan
of
the
building.
It
is
understood
from
the
Persian
inscription
that
a
beautiful
fountain
adjacent
to
the
wall
on
the
right
side
of
the
façade
on
the
Bâbüssaâde
side
was
built
by
Suleiman
the
Magnificent
(1520-1566).
According
to
the
poetic
dates
written
in
gold
gilding
among
the
decorations
decorating
the
interior
of
the
dome
of
the
cedar-shaped
throne
located
in
the
corner
of
the
single-space
hall,
this
cedar
belongs
to
Sultan
III.
It
was
built
in
1005-1006
(1597-1598)
during
the
reign
of
Mehmed
II.
On
the
façade
opposite
Bâbüssaâde,
the
inscription
of
the
Bismele-i
Şerife
above
the
main
gate
is
from
Sultan
III.
It
bears
Ahmed's
signature
and
the
date
1136
(1723-24).
Behind
the
Supply
Room,
above
the
door
on
the
façade
overlooking
the
courtyard,
there
is
a
statue
of
Sultan
IV.
There
is
a
poetic
inscription
with
Mustafa's
signature
and
his
name
and
the
date
1222
(1807).
Since
it
is
stated
in
this
article
that
"nev-bünyâd
Sultan
Mustafâ
built
the
Supply
Room",
it
is
understood
that
this
sultan
had
this
place
repaired
significantly
during
his
short
reign,
which
lasted
only
fourteen
and
a
half
months.
On
the
second
door
on
the
façade
on
the
Bâbüssaâde
side,
the
inscription
of
the
"Hasbünellāhü
ve
ni'me'l-vekîl"
sign
is
from
Sultan
II.
It
bears
the
signature
of
Mahmud
and
the
date
1225
(1810).
Balyos
Ottaviano
Bon,
who
represented
the
Republic
of
Venice
to
the
Ottoman
Empire
between
1606
and
1609,
and
French
ambassador
Henri
de
Gournai,
Comte
de
Marcheville,
and
Jean-Baptiste
Tavernier,
who
entered
the
palace
in
1631,
describe
in
their
travelogues
the
reception
of
a
foreign
ambassador
in
the
Supply
Room
and
They
indicate
the
dazzling
magnificence
of
this
place.
The
Arz
Room,
to
which
the
sultans
paid
constant
attention
and
paid
attention
to
its
decoration
and
furnishings
because
it
was
the
reception
hall
of
the
palace
for
both
foreign
ambassadors
and
state
dignitaries,
was
burned
down
together
with
the
Enderun
School
and
the
Akağalar
Chamber,
during
the
reign
of
Sultan
Abdülmecid
in
Shawwal
1273
(June
1857).
Only
the
cedar-throne
and
the
bronze-plated
stove
hood
survived
this
fire,
which
completely
destroyed
the
interior
decoration
and
wooden
parts
of
the
Supply
Room.
In
the
repairs
made
after
this
date,
a
marble
plaque
with
the
signature
of
Sultan
Abdülmecid
and
two
verses
stating
that
he
was
"always
victorious"
was
placed
on
both
sides
of
the
main
entrance.
During
this
repair,
the
interior
of
the
Supply
Room
lost
its
tile
covering,
the
walls
were
decorated
with
embroidery
that
did
not
match
the
former
magnificence
and
importance
of
the
building,
and
the
interior
door
wings
were
made
in
the
European
"empire"
style.
The
Supply
Room
underwent
a
simple
repair
in
the
first
years
of
the
Republic
and
in
1946,
and
has
been
more
thoroughly
repaired
in
recent
years.
The
Supply
Room
is
architecturally
very
close
to
the
Supply
Room
in
the
Edirne
Palace.
This
similarity
is
also
seen
in
measurements.
24.05
×
18.70
m.
The
indoor
space
of
the
building,
built
on
a
stone
foundation,
measures
16.13
×
10.36
m.
It
measures
4
meters
around.
A
wide
corridor
wanders
around.
The
wide
eaves
were
originally
built
on
wooden
poles,
but
these
poles
were
later
replaced
by
spolia
columns.
Twenty
of
these
columns
are
made
of
green
breccia
(verde
antico)
and
two
of
them
are
made
of
white
marble.
It
was
determined
that
the
main
structure
was
made
of
stone
and
brick
strips.
Since
the
third
courtyard
slopes
backwards,
the
connection
from
the
courtyard
floor
to
the
perimeter
corridor
on
the
rear
façade
is
provided
by
a
double
staircase.
The
stalactite
capitals
of
the
portico
columns
and
the
rows
of
pointed
arches
made
of
red
and
white
stones
on
top
of
these
columns
point
to
the
classical
period
style
of
Turkish
architecture
in
the
Ottoman
period.
Thus,
this
portico
was
built
in
III.
It
is
estimated
that
it
was
built
during
the
reign
of
Mehmed.
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