Malabadi Bridge (named in medieval Turkish sources: Akarman or Karaman Bridge) is 23.2 km away from Silvan and located within the borders of Silvan district. There is easy transportation from Silvan. It is registered in the Diyarbakır Historical Monuments Inventory. Malabadi Bridge was restored by Silvan Municipality in 1989. Malabadi Bridge is the main element that forms the logo of Silvan Municipality. Malabadi Bridge is a bridge belonging to Silvan district.
Malabadi Bridge has the widest arch among the stone bridges in Türkiye and the near east. The bridge is within the borders of Diyarbakır province. On both sides of the arch, on the inside, there are two rooms used as shelter by caravans and travelers, especially during the harsh days of winter. It is said that these rooms, which were also used by the bridge guards, were previously connected to the bottom of the road through corridors, and that the footsteps of the incoming caravans could be heard further away through these corridors.
The bridge, which consists of three sections, each with different lengths and broken lines, is connected to the roads with slight slopes in the east and west. The middle section is a mass built on rocks. Here, there is a very large arch, pointed and 38.60 meters wide, and a small arch in the shape of a basket handle, three meters wide. The third part is noticeably parallel to the first part.
Malabadi Bridge, which is within the borders of our district and located on the Batman Stream, was built by Timurtaş bin İlgazi bin Artuk during the Artuqid period. Built in 1147 as a masterpiece of its time, the bridge is 7 meters wide and 150 meters long.
It is told in Seyahatname that a rich merchant from the Abbasid dynasty had the bridge built for charity. However, it is also said that it belongs to the Artukid Principality period and was built in 1147 by Timurtaş, the son of Ilgazi, one of the grandchildren of Artuk. It is considered the twin of the Mostar Bridge.
Malabadi Bridge is on the Diyarbakır-Silvan-Bitlis road, 10 km from Silvan between Silvan-Bitlis. Once you pass it, you cross a bridge. The bridge is on the Batman River flowing into the Tigris.
Malabadi Bridge is a historical bridge located in Silvan, Diyarbakır. This bridge is located over Batman Stream. It was built by Timurtaş bin İlgazi bin Artuk during the Artuqid period. The bridge was built in 1147 as a masterpiece of its time.
Ilgazi b. The historical Malabadi Bridge, which was built by Artuk during the Artukid Period and is one of the monumental engineering-architecture masterpieces of the 12th century Seljuk Period, is the stone arch bridge with the largest arch span in the world with its pointed main arch span of 40.86 meters.
According to the inscription on the Malabadi Bridge, the bridge was built by a person named Timurtaş Bin-i İlgazi in 1147, that is, during the Artukoğulları Principality. The width of the bridge is 7 meters and the length is 150 meters. Colored stones were used in its construction. It is the bridge with the longest arch span among the stone bridges in the world.
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A magnificent piece of work. But the surroundings were full of garbage and people had defecated behind them. Inside the bridge, the vagrants threw all their alcohol and seeds around. They wrote writings inside with paint. What a pity….
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They wrote writings inside with paint.
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