The Seljuk Han of Anatolia

Important Examples of Ceramic decoration

in Anatolian Seljuk architecture 

Ceramic decoration is an important complement to the architecture of the Seljuks.  Below listed by city 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)

BEYSEHIR

• 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)

DIVRIGI

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

EPHESUS

• Aydinoğlu Isa Bey Mosque  (Beylik period, 1375)

ELAZAG

• 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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