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Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ornately decorated mosque and medical complex built in 1299 in the small eastern anatolian mountain town of div”. Today it says “built in 1228–1229 by the local dynasty of the mengujekids in the small anatolian town of divriği”.
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Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital ( ) 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 .1 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.2 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 1985.3 Of particular note are the geometrical and floral reliefs on the main door. The portal of the Darüşşifa4

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ornately decorated mosque and medical complex built in 1299 in the small eastern anatolian mountain town of div”. Today it says “built in 1228–1229 by the local dynasty of the mengujekids in the small anatolian town of divriği”. Read the current article and compare.
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ornately decorated mosque and medical complex built in 1299 in the small eastern anatolian mountain town of div

Now

built in 1228–1229 by the local dynasty of the mengujekids in the small anatolian town of divriği

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