The present mosque is largely rebuilt in concrete sometimes after 1967.[4] The minaret of the mosque dates to 1676/77 but its base could be an earlier construction.[4] The mosque was repaired by the Ottomans after the village was burned by the SafavidTahmasp I in 1548/49.[4] The repairs are commemorated by an Ottoman inscription in the mosque written in Persian with the date of 1550. Located in the mosque's graveyard is a ruined tomb believed to be of the Akkoyunlu ruler Kutlu Bey (d. 1389).[4] Kutlu Bey was the father of Kara Yülük Osman Bey who founded the Akkoyunlu State.
Sünür (derived from the Greek "Sinora", border) has the remains of the ruins of the tower where Mithridates halted on his retreat from Armenia.[5][6]
References
^Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ abcdeT.A. Sinclair (31 December 1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume II. Pindar Press. pp. 259–. ISBN978-1-904597-75-9.
^Adrienne Mayor The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates 2009 Page 323 1400833426 "Near a Turkish village still known as Sunur or Sinuri ("Border"), archaeologists have discovered the ruins of Sinora's strong tower. Here, the fugitives were welcomed by Drypetina and the eunuch Meniphilus."
^Adrian Nicholas Sherwin-White Roman foreign policy in the East, 168 B.C. to A.D. 1 Page 193 - 1984 -"Mithridates made good his escape with some three thousand men to the fortress and treasury of Sinora, on the border of Armenia proper. There he remained long enough to distribute pay to his troops and to learn that Tigranes would give him ..."
