Muhsinzâde Mehmed Pasha was one of the greatest Ottoman statesmen in 18th century. He served as governor and guardian many times and appointed as Grand Vizier twice. He carried out many charity activities and established various foundations in many locations including Vodina, Travnik, Anabolu, Shumen, Silistra, Kacanik and Prilep, where he worked. He cared about the restoration of the cities where these foundations were located, prioritized worship and God's will by building mosques, and drew attention to education with schools. The aim of the foundations was to create the identity of the city with the construction of new buildings, and at the same time to repair the ruined, worn, and dilapidated buildings to make them usable.
In this foundation he established on November 11, 1772, Muhsinzâde Mehmed Pasha demanded the annual repair and maintenance of the sidewalks in the Rumelia province and the passes of Kacanik and Prilep. He also endowed a bâb kargir (stone door) inn in Hobyar neighborhood around Bahçekapı, one of the castle gates of Istanbul. This inn has 22 rooms on the upper floor, 12 rooms, 8 cellars, and 2 cellars, the doors of which are open to the public road, 10 shops and a water cistern to get drinkable water on the lower floor. The inn was stipulated to be rented for 100 akçe (coin) per day. During the Ottoman period, Istanbul was organized as "Bilâd-ı Selâse", in other words, qadi districts covering Galata, Eyüp and Üsküdar, and as the peninsula called "Nefs-i Istanbul". The Hobyar neighborhood mentioned in the charter dated 1772, is today a neighborhood in the Fatih district of Istanbul and located within the borders of Nefs-i Istanbul, also known as Suriçi.
It is known that there was once a mansion belonging to Muhsinoğlu Mehmet Pasha in Hocapaşa, Eminönü and this mansion was destroyed in the Hocapaşa fire in 1724 or 1755. The present Muhsinzade (Muhsinoğlu) Inn, which is also mentioned in the charter dated 1772, is thought to have been built in place of this mansion.
The building has a particular importance in terms of the inscriptions on its exterior facades.
On the roof of the eastern facade, there are the following phrases in the inscription with jeli thuluth calligraphy in gold gilding on the green background:
“Maşallah kâne”
(It happened as God willed.)
"Mashallah la kuvvete illa billah"
(God willed it and it happened. There is no power other than God).
There are two inscriptions on the south facade.
The first inscription is on the face of the first console placed on the left and reads "Asitâneli Taşçı Ömer 1320" in jeli thuluth calligraphy with gold gilding on a black background. It is understood from this inscription that the building was restored in 1902 by an architect or journeyman named Taşçı Ömer from Istanbul.
In the second inscription, the following phrases are written in jeli thuluth calligraphy with gold gilding on a black background:
"Mashallah"
(What God has willed has happened.)
On the west side there are the beautiful names of God:
"Yâ-Latîf, (The Gentle)
"Yâ-Hâfiz" (The Protector)
and "Yâ Mâlike'l-mülk (The Owner of All)
The restoration of the Muhsinzâde Inn, built in 1772, was completed in cooperation with Gül İnşaat Inc. and the Committee on Conservation of Cultural Assets ensuring preservation of the historical textures. The inn has now reopened its doors to guests as HAN 1772 with its hotel and restaurant.