Bahri Mosque

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND HISTORY OF BAHRİ MOSQUE The Bahri Mosque is a historical monument of the Ottoman Period, located in the district of Bahri (Erenli) in the Battalgazi district of Malatya. The 350-year-old Bahri Mosque, built in 1667, is one of the mosques with wooden ceilings, the lower parts of which were built with stones and the upper parts with mudbricks. The top of the mosque is an earth roof and a roof was added on this earth roof in a very recent period. Main alignments and intermediate alignments were placed on the wooden pillars and outer walls in the middle; In order to prevent the spillage of the soil, the intermediate alignments were covered with wood. In front of the mosque there is a small courtyard surrounded by a massive stone wall and a water well. There is an iwan called porch in the direction of the mosque facing the courtyard. On the right and left sides of the porch, there are two sentence doors used to enter the harim section of the mosque, with two windows of normal height in the middle and the last community place surrounded by wooden bars. There is also a small altar in the last congregation area. There is a small wooden minaret on the north wall surrounding the courtyard. The interior lighting of the mosque is provided by two normal height windows overlooking the last congregation area and a total of eight bevelled windows on the right and left walls of the mosque. In the harim part of the mosque, there is the mihrab, which was formed by hollowing the mudbrick wall in the direction of the qibla, the wooden pulpit next to it, and the wooden mezzanine floor, which is also used as a muezzin mahf next to the right sentence door. You can go up to the mezzanine floor by a wooden ladder. As you can see, there are the most important classical plan elements in the Bahri Mosque, such as the courtyard, harim, the last congregation place, minaret, water facility (well) in the mosque architecture. The inscription of the mosque is located on the left sentence door. However, the inscription belongs not to the construction of the mosque, but to the immigration and restoration in Hijri 1280 / ma'adi 1863-1864. It is understood from the book that the Bahri Mosque was repaired and repaired in 1863-1864 by Hijri's son Hasan Aga, in order to gain the consent of Allah and the intercession of the prophet. The inscription is as follows: “This mosque-i sheriff and ma'bed-i münîfi Nebî's son Hasan Ağa has had the contest of the lia'lâhi ta'âla and the rajjian li-chefâ'ati. May this retaliation imply the praise and mercy of those who hate the act and keffe-i m mnana mu, and the unfortunate people. Amine. It is 1280. ” Although there is no inscription to show when the mosque was built, there are enough documents in the archives. According to the latest documents, the original name of the mosque was es-Seyyid Mollâ Alî Câmi-i Şerifi, and it gained mosque status again in 1815; Ali Khalifa was appointed as imam and orator and was given a certificate. In 1832, as Ali Khalifa died, his son Ömer Khalifa was appointed to the imam and address and was granted. To summarize what we said above; Bahri Mosque has been brought to the agenda on the cold winter days of Bahri (Erenli Town), which has to go to Battalgazi district today, to perform Friday and Eid prayers. As it is understood from the archive documents, there is a mosque in Bahri before. Since there is no possibility to perform Friday and Eid prayers in the masjids, the Bahri people demanded the permission of the Muslims in 1078 / mihdi in 1667 to expand the mosques by expanding and reconstructing the mosques by Friday and Eid prayers there; “Hükm-i hümâyûn”, that is, the state decision was made and they made the Bahri Mosque. In the same direction, a person named Mevlana Ali was appointed to this mosque with a daily fund. It is understood from the present inscription of the mosque that this building was repaired by someone named Hasan Ağa, the son of Nebî, on the date of 1863-1864, in Hijri, 1280 / militia. Bahri Mosque was restored by KUDEB in 2013. (Extract from the article of Prof. Dr. Cafer Mum)

It is one of the mosques with wooden ceilings and was built with mudbrick on a stone foundation. The top of the mosque is an earthen roof and a roof was added on this earthen roof in a very recent period. On the wooden pillars and outer walls in the middle, the main beams / alignments (main beams 9 and intermediate beams) were placed on them, and the intermediate trenches / alignments were covered with wood to prevent the soil from spilling. In front of the mosque, there is a small courtyard surrounded by a masonry wall with a water well. The mosque is entered from this courtyard. There is an iwan on the side of the mosque facing the courtyard. On the right and left sides of the porch, there are two gates used to enter the sanctuary of the mosque, and in the middle there are two windows of normal height and the last congregation area surrounded by wooden railings. There is a small altar in the last congregation area. The mosque courtyard is entered through the wooden door on the left wall, and the mosque harbour is entered through the right and left sentence doors in the courtyard. The interior lighting of the mosque is provided by two normal-height windows facing the narthex and a total of eight beveled windows on the right and left walls of the mosque. In the sanctuary part of the mosque, there is the mihrab, which was built by building the mud brick wall in the direction of the qibla, the wooden pulpit to its right, and the wooden mezzanine floor, which is also used as the muezzin's lodge, next to the right sentence door. While the mezzanine floor is reached by a wooden staircase, a second staircase on the mezzanine floor leads to the roof of the mosque. The epitaph of the mosque is located above the left sentence door. However, this inscription is not the inscription of the construction of the mosque, but the inscription of its repair and re-exhibition in 1280/Gregorian 1863-1864. It is clearly understood that the mosque was renovated and repaired by a person named Hasan Ağa, son of Nebi, in 1280 / Gregorian 1863-1864 in order to gain Allah's approval and the intercession of the prophet. The building is on an area of ​​205 m2.