Çifte Minareli Medrese, Sivas
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For the same-named medrese in Erzurum, see Çifte Minareli Medrese (Erzurum).
Çifte Minareli Medrese (Persian: مدرسه اسلامی جفت مناره), literally "Double Minaret Madrasah", is a former medrese located in Sivas, Turkey.[1] It was built in 1271/2. It was commissioned by Shams al-Din Juvayni (Şemseddin Cüveynî, died 1284) an Ilkhanid vizier.[2]
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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.