Keziban Hatun Camii. Çağlayancerit. Kahramanmaraş

Keziban Hatun Mosque is in Çağlayancerit district of Kahramanmaraş province. It is not known exactly when the mosque was built. However, it is similar to Ulucami in Kahramanmaraş. The great mosque Dulkadiroğlu's son of Süleyman, Alaa Üd Devle Bey, was built in 1496. Due to the similarities of many features of the mosque, it can be said that it was built in the time of Dulkadiroğulları in Keziban Hatun Mosque. Although it is said that the Keziban Hatun mosque was built in 1812, this is not true. It is known to be a small and simple structure in the beginning. It is known that the walls were made of stone and plastered. It is seen that it is half the size of its current form and is built on rocks. The western wall rests completely on the mountain and is about 4 meters high. The top of the rafters was furnished with trees about 3 meters tall, called rafters, and the rafters were covered with wood and the roof was soil. It is known that the trees were brought from the mosque's own place, or at least very close. In the 1950s, the qibla side of the mosque was made with chipped stones and it was enlarged twice. The rafters are decorated and painted. The roof was built in the 1980s. Its minaret was built in 1967. The new mihrab was built in the 1970s and the old original mihrab stands in place. There are shops under the mosque. The shops occupy less than half of the mosque, while the rest of the shops are rocky. The mosque is built on rocks. The mosque is reached by a long staircase from the side of the qibla. There is a spring in the kiblah of the mosque. The water of this spring comes from the rocks under the mosque. This spring was the only source that provided drinking water for Çağlayancerit for years. It is not known who the woman called Keziban Hatun is. It is believed that the woman known as Keziban Hatun repaired this mosque. This name was put on the mosque recently. Previously it was known as the Pınarbaşı Mosque. The legend that this woman, who lives as a legend, put a jar of gold on the floor of this mosque is also told. - Mesut AKCAN https://akcansoft.blogspot.com