Birgül Açıkyıldız Şengül
Biographic Data
| ID | 6791221 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Birgül Açıkyıldız Şengül |
| GIVEN NAMES | Birgül Açıkyıldız |
| FAMILY NAME | Şengül |
| SIGNATURE | ŞENGÜL B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harran University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4891-4875 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Marwānids and Their Architectural Patronage in Upper Mesopotamia (983-1085 CE)
This study investigates the architectural patronage of the Marwānid dynasty in Upper Mesopotamia during the 10th and 11th centuries, focusing on the capital of Mayyāfāriqīn (modern-day Silvan) and Āmid (Diyarbakır). From 983 to 1085 CE, under the nominal suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Buyid dynasty, the Marwānids governed a vast and strategically significant region, encompassing urban centres such as Arzān, Khilāṭ, Ḥiṣn Kayfā, Jazīra…
Building Loyalty
This article examines the transformation of educational institutions in the Ottoman district of Mardin during the 19th century and early 20th century, with a particular focus on the Tanzimat and Hamidian periods. Drawing upon archival records, provincial yearbooks, and surviving architectural examples, the study explores how education became a strategic tool in the Ottoman Empire’s effort to centralise authority and cultivate loyalty among its di…
Manifestation of the Yezidi Identity
This article aims to examine the relationship between cemeteries and Yezidi identity by focusing on the Goristana Hesen Begê (Hesen Beg Cemetery), which belongs to the villages of Geliyê Sora (Güneli), Mezre (Çilesiz), Xanik/Berhokê (Mağaracık), and Efşe (Kaleli), and is located in Nusaybin in southeastern Turkey. It will analyse the tombstones’ architectural features and symbols and question how the Yezidi identity reconstructs and transforms it…
From Yezidism to Islam
The Yezidi Mahmudî Dynasty controlled Khoshâb and surrounding area between Van, Nakhchivân and Marâgha during almost five centuries, from the end of the 14th century to the second half of the 19th century. Тhe Mahmudî rulers consolidated their power by their rational diplomacy with the main political forces of the region, first with the Black Sheep and White Sheep Turkomans and later with the Ottomans and the Safavids. Converted to Islam in the m…
The sanctuary of Shaykh ʿAdī at Lalish
The sanctuary of Shaykh ʿAdī, the only monumental complex of the Yezidis, lies at Lalish, 35 kilometres north of Mosul, in Iraqi Kurdistan. It is dedicated to its founder, Shaykh ʿAdī (d. 1162). Although it has been suggested that it was converted from a Christian monastery, Arabic sources and architectural analysis indicate that it may originally have been thezāwiyawhere Shaykh ʿAdī and his disciples retired to meditate. After his death, the san…
Manifestation of the Yezidi Identity
This article aims to examine the relationship between cemeteries and Yezidi identity by focusing on the Goristana Hesen Begê (Hesen Beg Cemetery), which belongs to the villages of Geliyê Sora (Güneli), Mezre (Çilesiz), Xanik/Berhokê (Mağaracık), and Efşe (Kaleli), and is located in Nusaybin in southeastern Turkey. It will analyse the tombstones’ architectural features and symbols and question how the Yezidi identity reconstructs and transforms it…
From Yezidism to Islam
The Yezidi Mahmudî Dynasty controlled Khoshâb and surrounding area between Van, Nakhchivân and Marâgha during almost five centuries, from the end of the 14th century to the second half of the 19th century. Тhe Mahmudî rulers consolidated their power by their rational diplomacy with the main political forces of the region, first with the Black Sheep and White Sheep Turkomans and later with the Ottomans and the Safavids. Converted to Islam in the m…
The sanctuary of Shaykh ʿAdī at Lalish
The sanctuary of Shaykh ʿAdī, the only monumental complex of the Yezidis, lies at Lalish, 35 kilometres north of Mosul, in Iraqi Kurdistan. It is dedicated to its founder, Shaykh ʿAdī (d. 1162). Although it has been suggested that it was converted from a Christian monastery, Arabic sources and architectural analysis indicate that it may originally have been thezāwiyawhere Shaykh ʿAdī and his disciples retired to meditate. After his death, the san…
The sanctuary of Shaykh ʿAdī at Lalish
The sanctuary of Shaykh ʿAdī, the only monumental complex of the Yezidis, lies at Lalish, 35 kilometres north of Mosul, in Iraqi Kurdistan. It is dedicated to its founder, Shaykh ʿAdī (d. 1162). Although it has been suggested that it was converted from a Christian monastery, Arabic sources and architectural analysis indicate that it may originally have been thezāwiyawhere Shaykh ʿAdī and his disciples retired to meditate. After his death, the san…
From Yezidism to Islam
The Yezidi Mahmudî Dynasty controlled Khoshâb and surrounding area between Van, Nakhchivân and Marâgha during almost five centuries, from the end of the 14th century to the second half of the 19th century. Тhe Mahmudî rulers consolidated their power by their rational diplomacy with the main political forces of the region, first with the Black Sheep and White Sheep Turkomans and later with the Ottomans and the Safavids. Converted to Islam in the m…
Manifestation of the Yezidi Identity
This article aims to examine the relationship between cemeteries and Yezidi identity by focusing on the Goristana Hesen Begê (Hesen Beg Cemetery), which belongs to the villages of Geliyê Sora (Güneli), Mezre (Çilesiz), Xanik/Berhokê (Mağaracık), and Efşe (Kaleli), and is located in Nusaybin in southeastern Turkey. It will analyse the tombstones’ architectural features and symbols and question how the Yezidi identity reconstructs and transforms it…
Marwānids and Their Architectural Patronage in Upper Mesopotamia (983-1085 CE)
This study investigates the architectural patronage of the Marwānid dynasty in Upper Mesopotamia during the 10th and 11th centuries, focusing on the capital of Mayyāfāriqīn (modern-day Silvan) and Āmid (Diyarbakır). From 983 to 1085 CE, under the nominal suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Buyid dynasty, the Marwānids governed a vast and strategically significant region, encompassing urban centres such as Arzān, Khilāṭ, Ḥiṣn Kayfā, Jazīra…
Building Loyalty
This article examines the transformation of educational institutions in the Ottoman district of Mardin during the 19th century and early 20th century, with a particular focus on the Tanzimat and Hamidian periods. Drawing upon archival records, provincial yearbooks, and surviving architectural examples, the study explores how education became a strategic tool in the Ottoman Empire’s effort to centralise authority and cultivate loyalty among its di…
Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Architecture (3 works) · History (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Asian studies (2 works)