Çifte Minareli Medrese, Sivas

Çifte Minareli Medrese, literally "Double Minaret Madrasah", is a former medrese located in Sivas, Turkey. It was built in 1271/2. It 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."

- Foundation inscription by Shams al-Din Juvayni, in AH 670 (1271-1272 CE).