AP.066 Ilyas Bey Camii

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

1963

Image ID

AP.066

Alternate Identifier

B41.066

Subcollection

AP: Central Turkey

Abstract

Most likely the tomb of Ilyas Bey of the Turkish Mentse Emirate (Menteseogullari), who ruled in southwestern Anatolia for over a century until the Ottoman annexation of 1424. It is after him that the Ilyas Bey Mosque (see AP.064-65) is named. -MA

Description

The Ilyas Bey Mosque too, like the Isa Bey Mosque (see AP.059-063), has undergone considerable renovation. It was the center of a hugely successful renovation and conservation project which won it the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage in 2012. Built in the very early fourteenth century, the mosque forms part of the larger Isa Bey Complex, which includes a madrasa and two hamams, and is named after its patron Şücaeddin [Shuja‘ al-Din] İlyas Bey (r. AH 805–27 / AD 1402–24). The mosque and the madrasa are part of the same broad-walled garden, and share the same courtyard. The Ilyas Bey mosque is square in plan (approximately 18 by 18 metres) with one large dome about 14 metres in diameter and made of brick. The walls of the mosque are covered with re-used marble slabs. -MA

References

"Ilyas Bey Camii | Archnet." Archnet. Web. 25 Apr. 2016. .

Image Notes

Photograph created August 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly catalogued as B41.066, N.010. Notes written on the slide or index: Ilyas Bey Mosque, Balat - Ilyas Bey Camii.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Balat, Turkey