Mosque (Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi) in the city of Faraqin, 1227 AD,
The Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Mosque is located in the center of the city of Faraqin (Mayafaraqin) of the Amed Governorate (Diyarbakir) - the capital of Kurdistan. The Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Mosque was built, according to some opinions, by the Marwanid Kurds, using the Byzantine basilicas. And there are those who believe that the Artuqids were the ones who built it, or that they restored it later, In the year 1227 AD, the mosque Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi was restored by the Ayyubids, and a mihrab was added to it, so the mosque was known as the Mosque of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi.The northern side of the Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi mosque, which has a transverse rectangular design, is completely different from its southern side. On the south side, there are three large pillars with rectangular cross-sections corresponding to the vaulted section in front of the mihrab. There are doors on both sides of these pillars. It is understood from the stonework here that they were made in the twentieth century AD. In the north side of the mosque is a different design with consoles and columns, The mosque has two doors, a door in the eastern façade and a door in the western façade. The eastern door is completely decorated, while the western door is distinguished by its simplicity. The ancient ruins in this façade indicate that there was a courtyard in front of the building. The prayer area in the mosque has a rectangular structure in the direction of east and west. The dome is interrupted in front of the mihrab by three of the four tiles parallel to the mihrab. The large dome covers a very large area. There are four different mihrabs on the qibla wall, two of them are located on the eastern side, one on the middle axis and the other on the western side. The Ayyubids placed one of the altars on the eastern side during the restoration in 1227 AD. There are also traces of repairs and changes in the interior of the mosque, and it is understood that the collapsed dome was also rebuilt. On the facade of the north side there is a geometric design with jambs consisting of stepped moldings in the eastern and western directions. The beginning of a vault and a trace of a wall can be seen at the eastern end of this decoration, which seems to have covered the whole facade. There is a small door above the design at the western end. There are four mihrabs on the qibla wall of the mosque, two of them are located on the eastern side, one on the middle axis and the other on the western side. One of the mihrabs on the eastern side has a mihrab with a muqarnas cover. The interior of the niche is decorated with herbal and geometric motifs and poetic inscriptions. On the belt there is an inscription of the Ayyubid third, dating back to 1227 AD.[1] [2]