Emineddin Külliyesi

An awesome museum

The complex consisting of a mosque, madrasah, fountain and bath in the Mâristan (Emineddin) district of Mardin is also known as Mâristan among the people. It is among the first building groups built in the form of a complex in Anatolia; it is also one of the earliest examples of medical madrasah and healing. The construction initiated by Emînüddin, the brother of the Mardin Artuklu Sultan Necmeddin İlgazi (1104-1122), was completed by the sultan. The complex was built on a sloping land; The wide courtyard is entered through a cascaded sentence door located next to the madrasa to the north. The fountain, called the Mâristan Fountain, is in a part with two arches to the east of the courtyard. After a three-span entrance, the madrasa consists of two separate rooms, one in the west and two in the east, covered with rectangular and cross vaults. The barrel-vaulted mosque in the south of the courtyard, together with the last congregation place covered by three cross vaults. It gives the impression that it has been renewed in centuries. On the east side of the mosque, the prayer-like mihrab and stone-paved high platform also has completely new balustrades. The section with bath, which is understood to be the main structure of the complex, is mostly in ruins. From the plan sketch determined before its collapse, it is understood that it had a four-armed temperature and it was reached by a horizontal connection behind the fountain. The large and single domed dressing room (window) that still stands today is equipped with niches and benches. The nature of the narrow corridors is not understood with the square space between the two large sections in diagonal position. However, it is possible to think that the bath, which has a natural hot water source, was used for water treatment and the complex was designed as a medical madrasah-healing in the madrasa, where practical information was given.

Emineddin Complex - Mardin It is in the Mesken Mahallesi, southwest of the city. Artuklu Sultan Necmeddin İlgazi (1108-1112) and his brother Eminüddin had it built. The buildings that were completed by his brother Necmeddin İlgazi after the initiation and death of Eminüddin consisted of mosques, madrasahs, baths, fountains, bimaristan (hospital-hospitals) structures. Its architect is unknown. Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism,

In Mardin's Mâristan (Mesken) neighborhood, the complex, which consists of a mosque, madrasah, fountain and bath, is also known as Mâristan among the people. It is among the first building communities built in the form of a kulliye in Anatolia; It is also one of the earliest examples of medical madrasah and medical school. The construction started by Eminüddin, the brother of Necmeddin İlgazi (1104-1122), the Artuqid Sultan of Mardin, was completed by the sultan. The complex was built on a sloping land; The wide courtyard is entered through a stepped gate located next to the madrasah in the north. The fountain called Maristan Fountain is in a part with two arches to the east of the courtyard. After a three-span entrance, the madrasa consists of two separate spaces, one in the west and two sections in the east, covered with rectangular and cross vaults.

It's not a place I frequent very often, but when I go, I go to research, it makes me happy.

A place that is not to be visited, you can spend your time in the streets of mardin, but the mardin is beautifully photographed from below.

If the place is evaluated, it is a place that will attract as much attention as Kasımiye madrasah...

How can I describe the deplorable state of the complex? Today, only the mosque and its fountain can be visited. Its madrasah has changed its function, its hospital has passed into private ownership and is closed, and its hammam has been turned into an animal shelter. I'm writing here to at least make a note..