An Unknown Section of Mardin Architecture: Sheikh Sheikhullah Mosque

In this study, Sheikh ？eyhullah Mosque, located in the city center of Mardin, whose construction date is unknown, will be introduced and evaluated. Today, the ruined structure is composed of a prayer hall, an entrance hall, a vaulted rectangular space which is linked to the prayer hall with arches and a private unit behind it, vaulted units used as wet spaces and entrance iwan, two summer prayer niches, a courtyard, a well and a street fountain. The fountain iwan, which is used as the entrance hall today, the masjid and the ruined vaulted spaces with entrance iwan at the western end indicate that the building could be a mosque or madrasa-centered Artuqid complex. This study attemps to determine the construction phases of the building by studying Arabic and Ottoman repair inscriptions, doing descriptive analysis of the units composing the mosque as well as using analogy through comparative evaluation with other Artuqid religious and social buildings of Mardin