Narmanli Mosque

A perfect place for relaxation, faith and spirit, a mosque with a historical value of muslims, a mosque, a minaret with a minaret in the Seljuk period.

Narmanlı Mosque is located in the Narmanlı district of Erzurum and is located just behind the Double Minaret Madrasa It is located to the east. The four paintings prepared by Veysi Efendi, located at the entrance door of the mosque The last line of the rows of marble inscription is the year of construction, according to Ebcet account H.1111 / AD 1738 indicates the year. Mosque Hacı Yusuf Efendi from Narman during the reign of Sultan Mahmud I (1730-1754) It was built by. Its endowment was registered in H.1189 / M.1775 long after the mosque was built. has been made. The owner of the foundation is his father, Salih. He is named after his grandfather. Inscription1 ; Narmanî Hacı Yusuf pushed the building. Ola Makbul-i Huda idüb gavs-ı Hur-i cinan While discussing the history of the idea, Veysiya Hâtıf said: Ma'bed-ecell-i worship prostration-i ârifîn in the form. According to a rumor, the person known as Hacı Yusuf from Narman was in the evening. he was going somewhere with his servant next to him. With an oil lamp in his hand in front of the servant Hadji Yusuf While advancing, for some reason, Hacı Yusuf steps forward and his servant stays behind with a lamp in his hand. Haji Yusuf As he moves forward, his foot falls on a bump. His servant says "my mother." "Your back light It will not help anyone, everyone should take their light ”. On top of that, who found the word very meaningful Haci Yusuf gives some of his property to the poor to the poor. Freeing your servant and also He decides to build a mosque. Thus, he had the Narmanlı Mosque built. It was pretty darn before When the governor of the period, who saw the mosque, which was said to have been built, said, "It would be a good inn here" The master is upset, "I spent so much money and built a mosque, you say it would be an inn, what is the reason?" that When asked, the Governor says "It would be difficult to heat it", pointing to the makeshift. Thereupon Yusuf Efendi He spends much more money and builds the current structure.2 Narmanlı, a small-scale building with a square plan, domed, and built of smooth cut stone The dome of the mosque is passed with trumpets. (G.1). There is a renovated wooden pulpit. To the north is the wooden women 's court sitting on eight supports. At the entrance of the mosque, there is a five-part narthex covered with a dome. The dome arch in front of the entrance door of the last congregation place is higher and wider than the others. (G.2). There is a writing border taken from the Qur'an on the skirts of its dome. Mosque There is a bureau around it. Narmanlı Hacı in the small grave area surrounded by a wall in front of the mosque There are tombs said to belong to Yusuf and his family. 4 To the east and south of the mosque are In the field treasury, people who have worked at the state level, the city leaders and their relatives There are graves. 23 missing in the graveyard of the mosque in the restoration of the Narmanlı Mosque between 2015-2016 the tomb was unearthed and oil painting on the wooden cellar, which was painted with white paint before restoration The main texture was reached by rasping and it is one of the most common decorations of the 18th century. and herbal decorations made with hand carvings were unearthed5 (G.3-4). Heads of wooden columns in the women's section with eyebrow arches carried by eight wooden columns It is decorated with muqarnas (G.5-6). On the arches, there is a thin stalactite frieze. On the frieze, there are guardrails of the mahfil. Herbal ornaments are horizontal in arch mirrors as; It is seen vertically on the parts of the wooden columns up to the capitals. Black, cream and red colors are used in herbal decorations. Part of it to be destroyed although hyacinth, carnation, tulip, anemone (or rose) and cypress, flowers and trees used in decorations can be identified as motifs (G.7-8). Different flowers used in the decoration of the wooden loft are from the same soil. They are depicted in a way that gives the impression of coming out. Cypress motifs are placed between seventy flower motifs, bringing symmetry and movement to the composition (G.9-10). Carnation, tulip, anemone or rose and cypress motifs are used in arch mirrors, while hyacinth and violet motifs are in black in the vertical rectangular section up to the mukarnas capitals of wooden columns.

The mosque was built in 1738 by Narmanlı Hacı Yusuf, according to the four-line inscription on the door.

Erzurum Narmanlı Mosque is located in the Tabriz Kapi district, east of the Double Minaret Madrasa. The mosque was built by Narmanlı Hacı Yusuf in 1738, according to the four-line inscription on the door. Narmanlı Mosque has five domes, large in the middle and small on the sides. In addition, the presence of the last congregation place and the fact that it has a dome with a larger diameter compared to other single-domed mosques in the city increases the importance of the mosque. Its dome, which rests on squinches at four corners, is reflected outside by a 16-sided hoop. The mosque, which is made of smooth cut stone, also draws attention with its workmanship.

If you are on your way to Erzurum, I recommend that you do not pass without spending a time here. The mosque is beautiful and the muezzin is good. It was perfect. We couldn't get enough of it. Its location in the center of the city is another beauty.

A mosque that really attracts attention from the outside and inside. The fact that there are still wooden structures inside makes you feel the history. Be sure to visit this place while visiting other places in the square.