The hexagonal building in the centre of the Upper Town represents the turbeh (mausoleum) of Damat Ali Pasha and one of the few preserved Turkish buildings in Belgrade. It was built in 1784 over the grave of Izzet Mehmed Pasha, the commander of Belgrade who died in the same year. During the First Serbian Uprising, the turbeh was damaged and it was rebuilt from 1818-1819 by the Belgrade Vali Marashli Ali Pasha, dedicating it to the memory of the Grand Vizier Damat Ali Pasha. This famous military leader died in 1716 in a battle near Petrovaradin and was buried in the Upper Town, near the mosque of Sultan Suleiman. A few years later, during the Austrian occupation, the Pasha’s tomb was destroyed along with the mosque. In the middle of the 19th century, two more commanders of Belgrade were buried here, Selim Pasha (1847) and Hasan Pasha (1850).

The turbeh was rebuilt before World War II. Then, an old tombstone was found and re-erected, dedicated to Damat Ali Pasha, whose name this turbeh still bears today.

Works on the reconstruction and restoration of this monument were carried out in 2017 according to the design of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of the City of Belgrade.