Mosque· Kiğı, Bingöl
Balaban Bey Camii
Balaban Bey Camii is a mosque in Kiğı, Bingöl; It stands on the northern side of the Kiğı district centre, in what is called the Old Armenian Quarter.
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- 39.3164°N · 40.3493°E
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It stands on the northern side of the Kiğı district centre, in what is called the Old Armenian Quarter. It is the oldest of the historic monuments that have survived to the present. In the endowment records its name appears as Cami-i Kebir (Great Mosque). The three-line inscription above its door states that its date of construction is the year 1402 AD. It is also said that the mosque was built in the year AH 700 by Pir Ali Bey, son of İbrahim Bey, who was a descendant of Bayındır Han, the son of the Akkoyunlu ruler Fahrettin Kutluk Bey.
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