Selçuklu Kapı Tokmağı - İkiz Ejder Plaket (Bronz Kaplama)

Historical touch to Cizre Ulu Mosque and Door Knocker...
(Plaque design in memory of 1071 Malazgirt - Dragon Gold Plated)

After Cizre accepted Islam, it was converted from a church to a mosque in 639. During the Abbasid period, the mosque was demolished and repaired. It was rebuilt in 1160 by Al Sencer, the son of Baz Shah, the Bey of Cizre. Its minaret, which was built in a square shape in 1156, was repaired twice in 1945-1946 and 1971. One of the famous dragon figures made by Ebul-İz, located on the doors of the Cizre Grand Mosque, is in the Istanbul Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. On the bronze door knocker of the wooden door of the Cizre Grand Mosque, which dates back to the 13th century and has a unique handwork, there is a composition of two dragons and a lion's head in the middle. The dragon has pointed ears, almond eyes and wings. Its bodies are covered with snake scales and knotted in the middle. The ends of the intertwined tails look like eagle heads. In the middle of the dragons, there is a stylized lion head. The other door knocker, which has been exhibited in the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum since 1976, was stolen in 1969 and is currently exhibited in the David Samling Museum in Copenhagen. Size: 48x37.5x10 cm.