Şifaiye Medresesi is a
medrese
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
built in 1217 in
Sivas
Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province.
The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is ...
,
Turkey
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. It bears typical
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features and was built by the
Rûm Seljuk Sultan Kaykaus I
Kaykaus I or Izz ad-Din Kaykaus ibn Kayhkusraw ( 1ca, كَیکاوس, fa, عز الدين كيكاوس پور كيخسرو ''ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kaykāwūs pour Kaykhusraw'') was the Sultan of Rum from 1211 until his death in 1220. He was the eldest ...
, who was known for his fondness for the city of Sivas where he spent the large part of his period of reign.
The complex consists of a Darüşşifa (''Dâr al-Shifâ'', literally "house of health", a
hospital) and the medrese where medicinal studies were also taught. The complex is also alternatively called under the sultan Izeddin Keykavus I's name whose tomb is located within the compound.
Gallery
File:Şifaiye Medrese Entrance 2011 8251.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese Entrance
File:Sivas Sifaiye Medresesi 97 031.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese Before restoration
File:Sivas Sifaiye Medresesi 97 039.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese Before restoration
File:Sivas Şifaiye Medrese 032.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese before restoration
File:Sivas Şifaiye Medrese 040.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese before restoration
File:Sivas Şifaiye Medrese 8282.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese during restoration
File:Sivas Şifaiye Medrese 8259.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese during restoration
File:Sivas Şifaiye Medrese 8274.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese during restoration
File:Sivas Şifaiye Medrese 8266.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese during restoration
File:Sivas Şifaiye Medrese 8254.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese during restoration
File:Sivas Şifaiye Medrese 8372.jpg, Şifaiye Medrese during restoration
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Buildings and structures in Sivas
Buildings and structures of the Sultanate of Rum
Madrasas in Turkey
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1217