ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF AN UNFORGOTTEN MASJID: NİGDE KUBBE MASJID
UNUTULMUŞ BİR MESCİDİN VARLIĞI ÜZERİNE: NİĞDE KUBBE MESCİDİ

Author : Nevzat TOPAL
Number of pages : 715-728

Abstract

It is known that Niğde City is an important center at the age of Seljuq Empire and Karamanoğulları. Because of this characteristics, Niğde is a center where always there was conflicts and fights at the age of Seljuq Empire as well as at the age of Karamanoğulları. It is known that some parts of the city was damaged and collapsed while these fights. Ibn Batûta who had came to the Niğde in the year of 1333 indicated that the city was big and crowded but some parts of it was completely damaged. Our working subject is appeared by reconstruction of a damaged masjid (the Kubbe Masjid) at the age of Karamanoğulları. It can be seen that a complete development and construction works have been made in Niğde city after its being under the power of Karamanoğulları. It is seen that both Seljuk historic buildings saved from damage and lots of historic buildings also made by Karamanoğulları. It is known that development and construction works raised in the city by Karamanoğulları at the beginning of 15 th century. A lot of buildings were constructed especially at the age of Karamanoğlu Ali Bey and II. İbrahim Bey. The architectural buildings constructed at the age of Karamanoğlu İbrahim Bey were Üzüm Pazarı Masjid (1429-1430), Ayas Ağa Masjid (1454) and Hanım Mosque (1452). Kubbe Masjid is a re-constructed Masjid. The name and location of the Kubbe Masjid is some complicated. The name of the Masjid is mostly used as Kuba Masjid in literature, in another literature it is called as Emir Mecdüddin Masjid by the attribution of a person who was constructed the Masjid. But some researhers adduced that the Kıble Masjid which is in the same city with Kubbe Masjid are the same Masjid. In our research, an evaluation has been made about the Kubbe/Kuba Masjid and its location. According to our research, the existence of two Masjid called Kubbe and Kıble and their locations are revealed.

Keywords

Nigde, Kuba Masj

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