The Isa-Beys tekke was built prior the 1462 and is the oldest insitution in Sarajevo.

The founder of Sarajevo Isa-bey Ishaković, refers to it in his vakufnama (deed of endowment) of 1462, nothing among the various properties endowed the musafirhana (hostel) alongside the tekke.

The tekke ensemble consisted of the tekke and courtyard, burial ground, šadrvan fountain and stables, the road from the Sheikh’s korija, the Ebu Hajat spring, the Sheikh’s cave and the Sheikh’s čair (grove) on the road in question, and the Sheikh's korija with summer tekke (Sheikh's Čardak and two dervishe’s graves).

Isa bey Zawiyah, Sarajevo

The area to the west of the tekke courtyard was laid out as flower garden. Here a mosque was built in 1835-40, but was destroyed by floods in 1860. Evlija Čelebi and the Sarajevan poet Rešid efendi wrote of the large, magnificent tekke in Bentbaša.

The abundance of plant and animal species represented on the site of the tekke ensemble had led modern scientists to call it a natural botanical garden.

The tekke was repaired on several occasions, and was destroyed by fires and floods, but was rebuilt after each disaster. In 1957 it was demolished for the last time, and the burial ground was destroyed. The destruction of the tekke continued with the laying of the road to Pale, and a petrol station and catering and the other facilities built planning permission.

The commission to Preserve National Monuments has stipulated that the following measures are to be carried out the protected site: archeological investigations, conservation works, reconstruction of the tekke, removal of facilities built without planning permission, and a ban on future construction.