Erzurum - Çifte Minareli Medrese 
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Some uncertainty surrounds the date of the Çifte Minareli Medrese in Erzurum, otherwise a typical example of a Seljuk Koranic school. Held by some scholars to have been built by the Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad II in 1253, more recent research suggests it dates from 1291 at the earliest. The medrese's patron was the Mongol princess Hüdavend Padisah Hatun whose simply decorated türbe can be seen at the rear.
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Two fluted brick minarets flank the exceptionally fine ornamented entrance portal. The princess's türbe is in the form of a twelve-sided drum raised on a square base and capped by a conical roof.
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The Cifte Minareli (Double Minaret) Medrese (theological school) in Erzurum.
