Macaristan’da Bir-Kaç Misâfir: Sadrâzam İzzet Mehmed Paşa’nın Mezar Taşı, Kitâbeler ve Bir Kurna - A Few Guests in Hungary: Gravestone of the Grand Vizier Izzet Mehmed Pasha, Inscriptions and Basin of a Bath

Inscriptions and gravestones, as distinguished samples of Turkish art, were among the works of art captured as spoils of war plundered by the Westerners. Gravestone of the Grand Vizier Izzet Mehmed Pasha dated 1198/1784 in Beograd, inscription of Suleyman Agha dated 1157/1744-45, a fountain inscription of Mustafa Pasha dated 1106/1694-95, and basin of a bath were removed from their original places and brought to Gasztony Village located along Austria border of Hungary, in 1789, in memory of capturing of Zemun across the city of Beograd, by General Boros József Rákosi, a commander in Austrian South Army. Boros József Rákosi placed the gravestone of Izzet Mehmed Pasha and inscription of Suleyman Agha in Gasztony Church, and placed inscription of Mustafa Pasha on the wall of his own house. The gravestone in Gasztony Church, the inscription and basin of the bath were examined during the field trip in August 3, 2018. It has been determined that the inscription belonging to Mustafa Pasha, later placed on the wall of the House of Boros József Rákosi located across the church and still being used as the town house, has not reached today.