Akdağmadeni Muşalikalesi

Akdağmadeni Muşalikalesi (Behramşah Castle); (Ali Çelebi and Mahmut Çelebi Tombs) Akdağmadeni Muşalikalesi is a small castle built on a high hill to the north of the village in Muşalikalesi Village. This castle, belonging to Necmed-din Bahramşah-ı Candar, one of the emirs of Gıyaseddin Keykavus (1237-1246), is thought to have been built probably in the first half of the XIIIth century. The high castle walls are rubble stone faced with cut stone. Inside, these stone rows are arranged in diagonal rows like brick, forming a zigzag wall covering. On the western and northern outer walls there are three small long rectangular bastions. The castle, a large part of which is still standing, is worth seeing.

To the north of the village there is a castle dominating all around (Muşali - Muşallim Castle) and two tombs built on its western slope. Of these, the one close to the castle is the Ali Çelebi Tomb and the one below is the Mahmut Çelebi Tomb. There is one gravestone inside and one outside the tomb. According to the inscriptions on them, the tomb must have been built between 871/1466 and 875/1471. There is no decorative element whatsoever. Of the two tombs to the west of Muşali - Muşallim Castle, the lower one is the tomb with the collapsed dome. It has no difference from the Muşali - Muşallimoğlu Ali Tomb above it. Its dome and upper part have collapsed. On the broken gravestone inside the tomb, the 112th Surah of the Quran is written. On the other two, the name of the deceased and the date of death are written. It may have been made in Recep 882/1477 for Mahmut Çelebi, son of Mahmut Çelebi, son of Büyük Emir Ali Çelebi. This structure belongs to Mahmut Çelebi, son of Ali Çelebi, grandson of Muşallim. The top of the burial chamber is covered with juniper trees.

Source: Yozgat Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism Archive - Yozgat Museum Directorate Archive

Places to Visit in Yozgat Address: Muşalikalesi village - Akdağmadeni/YOZGAT