Sırçalı Medrese
# Sırçalı Medrese

Sırçalı Medrese (literally Glazed medrese) is a 13th-century medrese (Islamic school) in Konya, Turkey.

## History

Built in 1242 during the reign of the Seljuk sultan Kaykaus II, by order of Emir Bedrettin Muslih for the study of Fiqh (Islamic doctrines). The interior is decorated with colourful tiles, hence the name of the structure. The building has a highly ornamented stone façade which includes relief work of various geometric patterning. Above the entrance is an inscription in Arabic calligraphy. The building has an open courtyard surrounded by two stories of the student cells and a large Iwan where the lectures took place.

The building now is Konya's Museum of Gravestones. It contains old Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman gravestones.

## Gallery

* Konya Sırçalı Medrese gravestone museum 4489
* Konya Sırçalı Medrese gravestone museum 4490
* Konya Sırçalı Medrese gravestone museum 4492
* Konya Sırçalı Medrese gravestone museum 4493
* Konya Sırçalı Medrese gravestone museum 4497
* Konya Sırçalı Medrese gravestone museum 4495
* Konya Sırçalı Medrese gravestone museum 4494
