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Erzurum Mosque

Erzurum, Turkey

Grand Mosque of Erzurum (Erzurum Ulu Cami) is an historic mosque in Erzurum, Turkey. It is also called "Atabey Mosque" because the Saltukids were referred to as the “Atabey”. The mosque was built by Nasreddin Aslan Mehmed, the Emir of Saltuk, in 1179 CE, corresponding to 574 AH. The mosque is shaped in the classic rectangular model of the pre-Ottoman Seljuk era. The mosque can hold up to 10,000 worshippers.

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