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Rumi patterns. The patterns in the ornament which
was formed by gouging technique are flat surfaced.
Ornaments of same sort are seen in the plinth of the
squinches which provide passage to the dome in front
of the mihrab.
Erzurum Ulu Mosque has reached today without its
authenticity in the period of Saltuqids. The tablet with
the inscription that the mosque was built in 1179 by
Malik Mohammad, son of Izzeddin Saltuk doesn't exist
today. 15 In its plan, it is formed by naves straight to
the mihrab, and it replicates the mosques which have
domes in front of mihrab. There is a wooden dome
now in the place of the large pendentive dome placed
on the coves with moldings. 16 Large kerb around the
muqarnas basket ornamented mihrab niche is engraved
with geometrical patterns in alto-relievo. One
of the two spans on the axis of mihrab in north south
direction is covered with a muqarnas dome. The similarity
between this type of cover and the middle span
in the Yakutiye Madrasa which is an Ilkhanate period
structure in Erzurum indicates that could have been
built in a later period. In this region, it is widely seen
the ribbed and rope-shaped moldings which were different
carving styles of the local master-builders as well
as the architectural features belong to Azerbaijan region.
Especially the cambered molding surfaces were
used mostly in the Eastern Anatolian region. 17
Geometrical dowels on the elevations with thin niches
in Mama Hatun Cupola in Tercan, 18 which was presumably
built in the early 13th century, cohere the traditional
influence. The bays on the muqarnas basket
ornament of the entrance were ornamented geometrically.
A dowel patterned cincture consisting of roundprofiled
bands takes places just below and a cincture
of cufic script with rumi patterns surrounds the floor
below it.
We see the first example of the geometrical compositions
in the Great Seljuk brickwork processed in stone,
which is the Anatolia's local material, on the pediment
of the portal of Kale Mosque (1180) in Divriği. 19 Its
architect comes out as he is Azerbaijani and this ornament
makes sense as the name Master Hasan bin
Firuz the Maraghan was mentioned on its inscription
tablet.
Malik Gazi Tomb in Kemah, 20 which was presumably
built in the early 13th century, shows similarities to
the works in Maragha region by its being a brickwork
Detail from the north portal of
Ulu Mosque in Divrigi