Monument Name: | Esenlik Mosque |
Location: | Esenlik, Bulanık, Muş, Turkey |
Type: | |
Material: | Ahlat stone |
Map Name: | Muş Bulanık |
Mapframe-Wikidata: | yes |
Esenlik Mosque is a historical mosque in Esenlik, Bulanık, Muş, Turkey.
It was built by the Seljuks. It was built by Sheikh Abdülmelik in 1194. Ahlat stone was used. It is a building with a single dome, four windows and two doors. It is understood from the inscription on the crown gate that the mosque was built by the Artuqids in 725/1325. The mosque was last restored in 1985 by the General Directorate of Foundations.[1] Esenlik mosque was previously a monastery.[2]
Şeyh Abdülmelik Mosque was built in 725 H./1325 A.D. according to the two-line Arabic inscription carved into stone, located on the crown gate in the north direction (Kulağuz, 1997, 46; Günes, 2003, 67–68). It is known that during the period in question, Sutaylis, whom Abu Said Bahadır Khan sent as governors, were dominant in Muş and Bulanık.[3]