Ahi Elvan Mosque
Located on Koyunbaba Street in the Ahi Quarter of the Samanpazarı neighborhood, this very simple-looking mosque was built on a sloping rock. The lower part of the walls are made of stone, the upper part of mudbrick, and the interior structure is wooden. The roof is covered with tiles today. In recent years, it was repaired with brick veneer inside and outside. It was first built at the end of the 14th century and renovated at the beginning of the 15th century. The mosque, which has a four-field basilical plan, was probably completely renovated on the eastern entrance façade and one landing was narrowed. The renovated minaret rises adjacent to the wall to the northwest of the mosque. Its square base is made of stone, its cylindrical body of brick and it has a single balcony. The internal wooden flat cover system is carried by 12 wooden columns, which are painted today. The columns are not regularly spaced. The marble capitals are Corinthian and Doric Roman spolia. Inside the mosque, there is a lower floor, which extends to the first row of columns in the north, and an upper floor mahfili extending to the second row of columns. The simple entrance door is on the east facade. There is another door in the three mahfis to the north, which is closed today. The wooden pulpit exhibits a beautiful workmanship. It is understood from the minbar inscription that the mosque was renovated in 1413, its patron was Elvan Ey Bin Mecduddin Isa, and the minbar was made by the Harput master Mehmet Bin Beyazit.
