Manisa Ulu Mosque and Complex
It is one of the most important structures of Saruhanoğulları Principality. It was built by Muzafereddin İshak Bey in 1366 by Architect Emet Bin Osman. Manisa Ulu Mosque is shown as the most important and interesting mosque plan of the Principalities Period. The complex, which was established on the northern skirt of Sipil Mountain, consists of a mosque, a madrasah, a tomb and a bath in the northeast. The mosque has a transverse rectangular plan and is covered with a large dome resting on an octagonal pillar system. The minbar of the mosque, which has a single minaret, made with the genuine kündekari technique, is one of the masterpieces of Turkish wood carving in the Principalities Period. The pulpit is preserved in the Manisa Museum. The madrasah, which is called “Fethiye Madrasa”, was built by the same architect ten years after the mosque, with a single iwan and two floors, adjacent to the west side of the mosque. The building, which is the oldest madrasah of the city, has a fountain on both sides of the crown gate facing north. It is thought that the four sarcophagi found in the tomb, which is entered through a door opened on the south wall of the passage between the mosque and the madrasa, belonged to İshak Çelebi and his family. The bath of the complex is known as the "Pit Bath" and it is understood from the foundation charter that it was built to generate income for the complex. The bath was restored in 2006.
