Alaeddin Kayqubad, one of the rulers of the Anatolian Seljuks, gifted Sultanü'l-Ulema Bahaeddin Veled, the father of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, the huge land that now serves as the Mevlana Museum with its garden. The edifice, which had formerly served as a dervish convent, was converted into a museum under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's decree.

Its emerald dome, known as Kubbe-i Hadra (Green Dome), was erected on four piers, giving the covent a more majestic view. The dome, embellished with numerous motifs, ornaments, and kufic poems, has survived as one of the museum's most outstanding architectural highlights. At the intersection of the cone and the cylindrical body, Ayet-el Kürsi is...