Anatolian beylik tilework

Timeline

1. 1200–1300Konya · KonyaIn the Sultanate of Rum period, mosques and madrasas in Konya, Sivas and elsewhere widely used blue-and-white and turquoise glazed tiles and mihrab decoration. After the Mongol invasions, craftsmen dispersed to the various beyliks, and their techniques and management models were inherited by 14th-century local regimes.
2. 1326–1330Bursa · BursaAfter the Ottomans captured Bursa they built structures such as the Great Mosque (Ulu Cami), requiring large quantities of glazed tiles and geometric ornament. The beyliks funded workshops established by local and migrant craftsmen, using lead glazes, transparent glazes and coloring techniques with cobalt blue and manganese purple; the style lay between Seljuk and early Ottoman.
3. 1331–1340Central–western Anatolian beyliks · AnatoliaOver this decade the beyliks vied to build religious and public buildings, and demand for tiles kept kilns in Kütahya, Niğde and elsewhere active. Motifs centered on Arabic calligraphy, geometric stars and arabesques, partly absorbing Ilkhanate porcelain influences. Surviving objects show a technical level approaching that of early 15th-century Iznik.