- Mengücek
Mengücek (also spelled as "Mengüçlü" or "Mengujek") was an
Anatolian Turkish Beylik of the first period, founded after theBattle of Manzikert . The Mengücek Beylik ruled the regions ofErzincan ,Kemah andDivriği inEastern Anatolia in the 12th and 13th centuries.Little is known about the founder Mengücek Gazi. He was probably one of the commanders sent by the Great Seljuk Sultan
Alp Arslan to occupy parts ofAnatolia after the victory at Manzikert over theByzantine Empire , and his principality seems to have been founded in the years following the battle.The Mengücek dynasty is remembered primarily for its monuments in Divriği. The
Divriği Great Mosque was built in1228 by Mengücekoğlu Ahmed Shah. The adjoining medical center, or "Darüşşifa", was built in the same year by Turan Melek Sultan, daughter of the Mengücek ruler of Erzincan, Fahreddin Behram Shah. Both buildings are onUNESCO 'sWorld Heritage List .ee also
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Divriği Great Mosque
*Battle of Malazgirt
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* [http://www.ottomanstore.com/switch.php?file=ProductInfo&cat_id=82&product_id=1146 (Book cover)] cite book | title = Anadolu'da ilk Türk mimarisi: Başlangıcı ve gelişmesi ("Early Turkish architecture in Anatolia: Beginnings and development) ISBN 975-16-0264-5|author= Oktay Aslanapa|publisher=AKM Publications,Ankara | year= 1991|language=Turkish
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