Grand Mosque of Birgi
| Grand Mosque of Birgi | |
|---|---|
Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Camii | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Location | |
| Municipality | Birgi, Ödemiş |
| State | İzmir |
| Country | Turkey |
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| Architecture | |
| Type | mosque |
| Established | 1312 |
Birgi Grand Mosque (Turkish: Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Camii), also called "Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Mosque", is a historical mosque in Turkey.
The mosque is in the Birgi town in Ödemiş ilçe (district) of İzmir Province.
Aydınids was an Anatolian beylik ( principality ) in the 14th century in West Anatolia. Birgi, now a village was the capital of the beylik. The mosque was commissioned by Mehmet, the first ruler of the beylik.
Architecture
[edit | edit source]The mosque was built in 1312.[1][2] It is an example of a typical Seljukid mosque. The most notable sections of the mosque are the fine woodworking mimbar which has no metallic nail [3] and the mihrab which is made of dark cyan marble.[4] The lion statue in the south eastern corner of the building is also interesting for statues are rare in Islamic architecture and this statue is a spolia from a Lydian building.
Mimbar gate theft
[edit | edit source]In 1993 the gate of the mimbar disappeared and it was discovered by a British tourist in British Museum. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism purchased the gate and in 1996 it returned to where it belongs.[4]
References
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