Çifte Minareli Medrese, Sivas
Madrasa in Sivas, Turkey
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Çifte Minareli Medrese (Turkish: Çifte Minareli Medrese), literally "Double Minaret Madrasah", is a former medrese located in Sivas, Turkey.[1] It was built in 1271/72 and was commissioned by Shams al-Din Juvayni (Şemseddin Cüveynî, died 1284) an Ilkhanid vizier.[2]
He left a dedicatory inscription on the building:
The construction of this blessed madrasa was ordered by the great statesman, the king of the viziers (ministers) of the world, Shams al-Dīn wa-l-Dunyā Muḥammad b. Muḥammad, the ṣāḥib dīwān, may God perpetuate his rule, in the year 670.
— Foundation inscription by Shams al-Din Juvayni, in AH 670 (1271-1272 CE).[3]
