Çifte Minareli Madrasa

Çifte Minareli Medrese (Turkish: Çifte Minareli Medrese), literally "Double Minaret Madrasah", is a former medrese located in Sivas, Turkey. It was built in 1271/72 and was commissioned by Shams al-Din Juvayni (Şemseddin Cüveynî, died 1284) an Ilkhanid vizier.

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.

Key facts

Type: madrasa
Architectural style: Ottoman architecture
Part of: Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs
Located in: Central Anatolia Region

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 39.748362, 37.014271Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page comes from: Çifte Minareli Medrese, Sivas (en.wikipedia.org), as of 31 July 2026

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