The Seljuk Han of Anatolia

Anatolian Seljuk Monuments with Ceramic decoration

Ceramic decoration is an important complement to the architecture of the Seljuks.  Below is a list of monuments with significant programs of ceramic décor (this list also includes examples from the Beylik period immediately following the Seljuk period):  

AFYON

• Misri Cami  (3^rd quarter 13^th c.)

AKSARAY

• Cincikli Mescit  (1^st quarter 13^th c.)

ALANYA

• Tiles from the Inner Castle Palace (ca. 1230; now housed in the Alanya Museum)

AKŞEHIR

• Ferruh Shah (Cincikli) Mescit  (1224)
• Güdük Minare  (1227)
• Küçük Aya Sofya Mescit  (1235)
• Taş Medrese  (ca. 1250)
• Seyyid Mahmud Hayrani Tomb (13^th c)
• Uç Kizlar Tomb (mid 13^th c.)
• Ulu Cami  (1213)

ANTALYA

• Tiles from the Aspendos and Antalya Palaces (ca. 1230; now housed in the Archaeological Museum)

AMASYA

• Burmali Minare Cami (1237)
• Gök Medrese Cami (ca. 1260)

ANKARA

• Arslanhane (Ahi Şerafeddin) Mosque  (1290)

ATABEY

• Mübarizeddin Ertokuş medrese and tomb  (1224)

BEYŞEHIR

• Eşrefoğlu Mosque and Tomb (Beylik period, 1296)
• Tomb of Suleyman Bey  (Beylik period, 1301)
• Kubadabad Palace (ca. 1235-50; tiles now housed in the Konya Karatay Museum)

BIRGI

• Grand Mosque (Beylik period, 1312)
• Tomb of Aydinoglu Mehmed Bey (Beylik period, 1334)

CAY

• Taş Medrese  (1278-9)

DIVRIĞI

• Kale Cami  (1181)
• Divriği Hospital and Ulu Cami  (1228)

EPHESUS

• Aydinoğlu Isa Bey Mosque  (Beylik period, 1375)

ELAZAĞ

• Arabşah Turbesi (1279)

ERZURUM

• Çifte Minareli Medrese (ca. 1290)
• Yakutıye Medrese (Beylik period, 1310)

HARPUT

• Arab Baba Mosque  (1279)

HASANKEYF

• Tomb of Akkoyunlu Zeynel Bey (Beylik period, 1485)

KARAMAN

• Kazim Karabekir (Gaferyat Village) Mosque  (Beylik period, 14^th c.)
• Imaret of Ibrahim Bey (Beylik period, 1432)

KAYSERI

• Huand Hatun Hamam (1238; now housed in the Ethnography Museum)
• Gülük Cami (mid 13^th c.)

KEMAH

• Tomb of Malik Gazi (end 12^th c.)
• Tomb of Behram Shah  (1228)

KONYA

• Kiliç Arslan II Köşkü  (1156-1192; now housed in the Karatay Museum)
• Kiliç Arslan II Tomb  (1178-1192)
• Zeyneddin Başara Bey (Ferhunye) Mescit  (1219-21)
• Alaeddin Cami  (1220)
• Şekerfuruş Mescit  (1220)
• Sircali Medrese  (1242)
• Sircali Mescit (Debbağlar) (mid 13th)
• Karatay Medrese (1251)
• Sahıp Ata Mosque (1258)
• Ince Minareli Medrese  (1264-68)
• Sahip Ata Hospice and Tomb  (1270)
• Beyhekim Cami  (1270-90; mihrab now housed in the Berlin Museum of Islamic Art)
• Şeyh Sadreddin Konevi Cami  (1274)
• Tahir and Zühre Cami  (ca. 1280)
• Karaaslan Mosque and tomb (Beylik period, early 14^th c.)
• Mevlana Tekkesi Tombs (Beylik period, 14^th c.)
• Hasbey Daru’l-huffaz (Beylik period, 1421)
• Fakih Dede Tomb (Beylik period, 15^th c.)

KUTAHYA

• Tomb of Germiyanid Yakut Bey II (Beylik period, 1429)

MALATYA

• Ulu Cami  (1^st half 13^th c.)

MILET

• Ilyas Bey Mosque (village of Balat) (Beylik period, 1403.)

SEYDISEHIR

• Seyit Harun Tomb  (Beylik Period; 1480?)

SIIRT

• Ulu Cami  (1128)

SIVAS

• Ulu Cami (1213)
• Şifaye Medrese  (1217)
• Tomb of Izzeddin Kaykavus (1219)
• Gök Medrese  (1271)
• Muzaffer Buruciye Medrese  (1271)
• Çifte Minareli Medrese  (1271; only traces remain)
• Eretnaoğlu Şeyh Hasan Bey (Güdük Minare) Tomb (Beylik period, 1347)

TOKAT

• Çukur (Yağıbasan) Medrese  (before 1164)
• Abul’l-Kasim Ali ali-Tusi Tomb  (1234)
• Gök Medrese  (1270)
• Musa Sevdakar Tomb (Beylik period, end 13^th c.)

 

 

 

 

 

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