Mosques, Madrasas, and Libraries of Erzurum

While this book specifically examines Erzurum's mosques, madrasahs, and libraries, it also provides enlightening information about Erzurum's cultural history and religious life in general.

Some of the topics covered in the book, where you will find much more than what is already known about all these issues, are as follows:

-Which mosques and masjids existed in Erzurum before the Ottoman period?
-Which mosques and masjids were built on top of pre-Ottoman mosques and masjids?
-How did 57 mosques and masjids in Erzurum disappear?
-Which were the vanished neighborhood mosques and market masjids?
-How did wars and earthquakes affect the mosques?
-Who was the Sultan who sent a decree to Erzurum for regular prayers?
-Which mosques and masjids were used for military purposes?
-Why were ostrich eggs used in Erzurum mosques?
-Which mosques and masjids had wooden minarets?
-Which mosques and masjids are incorrectly named?
-What happened to the 59 madrasahs in Erzurum?
-How did Yakutiye and Çifte Minareli Madrasah become cannon foundries?
-Who were the great families and individuals who established waqfs and built mosques, madrasahs, and libraries?
-How many libraries were there in Erzurum? How did the libraries disappear?