Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital

Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria	Cultural: i, iv
Reference	358
Inscription	1985 (9th Session)

Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital (Template:Lang-tr) is an ornately decorated mosque and medical complex built in 1299 in the small eastern Anatolian mountain town of Divriği, now in Sivas Province in Turkey. The architect was Hürremshah of Ahlat and the mosque was built on the order of Ahmet Shah, ruler of the Beylik of Mengücek. The inscriptions contain words of praise to the Anatolian Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I. The adjoining medical center (darüşşifa) was built simultaneously with the mosque on the order of Turan Melek Sultan, daughter of the Mengücek ruler of Erzincan, Fahreddin Behram Shah.

The exquisite carvings and architecture of both buildings put them among the most important works of architecture in Anatolia and led to their inclusion on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1985. Of particular note are the geometrical and floral reliefs on the main door.

The mosque portal

See also

• Mengücek
• Anatolian Turkish Beyliks
• Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate

External links

• Divriği Great Mosque And Hospital
• (fact sheet) "Great Mosque and Hospital of [[Divriği]]". Archnet. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |access date= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)
• İbrahim Shaikh. (full text and photos) "The Miracle of Divriği". The International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |access date= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
• Mustafa Güler, İlknur Aktuğ Kolay. (full text) "12. yüzyıl Anadolu Türk Camileri (12th century Turkish mosques in Anatolia" (in Turkish). Istanbul Technical University Magazine (İtüdergi). {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |access date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

Sources

• (Book cover) Oktay Aslanapa (1991). Anadolu'da ilk Türk mimarisi: Başlangıcı ve gelişmesi (Early Turkish architecture in Anatolia: Beginnings and development) ISBN 975-16-0264-5 (in Turkish). AKM Publications, Ankara.

Category talk:Buildings and structures in Sivas