Ferruhşah Mosque

Ferruhşah Mosque
Ferruhşah Mescidi
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
MunicipalityAkşehir
StateKonya
CountryTurkey
Ferruhşah Mosque is located in Turkey
Ferruhşah Mosque
Shown within Turkey
Geographic coordinates38°21′19″N 31°24′28″E / 38.35528°N 31.40778°E / 38.35528; 31.40778
Architecture
Typemosque
Date established1224
Specifications
Length6.6 m
Width6.36 m
Materialsrubble stone

Ferruhşah Mosque (Turkish: Ferruhşah Mescidi) is a small historical mosque in Akşehir, Turkey. In Turkish mescit refers to small mosques.

The mosque is in Akşehir, Konya Province. It is in the same yard as the tomb of Seydi Mahmut Hayrani. According to the inscription of the building it was built by a certain Ferruh Şah in 1224 during the reign of Kayqubad I of Sultanate of Rum. Following its last restoration in 2006, it was opened to religious services.

The outer dimensions of the building are 6.6 metres (22 ft) by 6.36 metres (20.9 ft). It has three windows. The building material in the north and west sides is rubble stone. In west and south sides bricks were used together with some collect material.[1][2]

Historical importance

This mosque was the mosque in which Ottoman sultan Bayezit I was imprisoned by Timur following the battle of Ankara in 1402.[3] After his death in this building, his body was carried to Bursa by his son Musa Çelebi.

References

  1. ^ Seljukid architecture page (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Architecture company (Kultür) page (in Turkish)
  3. ^ Akşehir municipality page (in Turkish)


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