Yakutiye Madrasa

Yakutiye Madrasa (Turkish: Yâkutiye Medresesi) is a historical 14th-century Madrasa in Erzurum, Turkey.^[1] The madrasa was built in 1310 by order of a local governor of the Ilkhanids, Hoca Yakut, and it is named after him.^[2]

Yakutiye Madrasa
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
District	Erzurum
Province	Erzurum
Region	Eastern Anatolia
Location
Location	Erzurum, Turkey
Architecture
Type	Madrasa
Style	Seljuk
Completed	1310
Minaret(s)	1

Building

It is a rectangular building with an inner courtyard, surrounded by the rooms for the students. It has a monumental portal decorated with stone carvings and one Minaret with geometrical decorations. There is also an adjoining Kümbet. Today the building is used as a museum dedicated to ethnography and Turkish and Islamic art.^[2]

Vault

Vault design of the Yakutiye Madrasa

The eastern view of Yakutiye Madrasa at sunset

The Yakutiye Madrasa mosque has a vault decorated with muqarna design and a central oculus, which was constructed in 1310 and ultimately derived from the vault of the Armenian gavit narthex.^[3]