Özet:

It is hardly possible to mention about an archaeological heritage through which we can describe the city of Anatolian Seljuk Age with all components. Our information about dwelling, bazaar, infrastructure and the city square is still quite inadequate. Unlike the central square concept the roots of which based on the antique Greek urbanism, some clues can be found from the archaeological traces together with the limited written sources for the case of square in medieval Anatolian Turkish city that gets a unique meaning in Islamic culture. Accordingly, the square in Seljuk city is an open area arrangement that is jointed to the Shahristan from the outer city without any physical boundary and mostly develops identity with its functional purpose. The Sultan Square in the capital city of Seljuks Konya is also a social area outside the city walls with a musalla/namazgah place for open air worship from the Ottoman age located on. This urban archaeological site asserted to be the Sultan Square at the north side of the Musalla Cemetery is today completely integrated to the historical cemetery together with the martyrdom next to its east edge. As for the inscription documenting that this namazgah was built by Konya Governor Huseyin Pasha in the year 1541 as “idgah” i.e. feast place, has been lost unfortunately today. In this study, with a detailed evaluation on the inscription of Huseyin Pasha Namazgah, having an important historical record property about the Konya Sultan Square, some inferences are made on “square” and “idgah” concept in medieval Anatolian Turkish city.

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