Dating H？n？s Grand Mosque in Consideration of Documents

The H？n？s Great Mosque is located on the outskirts of H？n？s Fortress in Dere Quarter of H？n？s, Erzurum. An accidental discovery of a gravestone, which appears to belong to Ardurrahman Pasha, the son of Mirza Pasha, in Güroymak district of Bitlis necessitates the revaluation of the H？n？s Great Mosque. The mosque has been a prominent topic in numerous publications and is thought to be a Vak？f monument built in 1734 together with its Madrasa by the order of Aleaddin Bey, one the chiefs of Mu？. However, examination on the gravestone and a related archive works have revealed that the mosque was actually built by Mirza Pasha, the son of Murat Pasha, who was assigned the task by the Ottoman Government. Also, archives reveal that Aleaddin Bey was not the chief of Mu？ in 1734 and H？n？s was under the control of Mu？ Chiefdom in early 1800. Furthermore, the mosque was built as a mescit at first and later converted into a mosque for worshippers who could not find a place for Friday prayers and Eids. The aim of this article is to clear up the sixty years of misinterpretation of the Great Mosque of H？n？s by correctly establishing the founder and the year it was built