How medical functions shaped architecture in anatolian seljuk darussifas [hospitals] and especially in the divrigi turan malik darussifa

ABSTRACT

The dominant cultural effectiveness of the Seljuks, which affected different nations and regional races within the borders of their empire that stretched from Central Asia to Cairo, has left behind famous civilizations which are today within the borders of various countries [India, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, etc.]. As for structural characteristics, in an atmosphere whose origin is rooted in pagan culture and architecture formed by its symbols is continued, the form does not change when planning big buildings or where the "house" is concerned. The root lies back in the Central Asian house or multifunctional Turcoman tent. Hospitals were so improved that various establishments developed in a way that suited the needs of the period's social life, ruling administration and military life. To group these Mobile hospitals were to be found in caravans behind the soldiers who were fighting. In the Malik Shah Era, in the Seljuk army there were military hospitals carried by 40 camels. Seljuk hospitals were caravanserai hospitals, palace hospitals, and serving public, usually within the structure of a medical madrasah, darussifas. It was inconceivable for a culture whose scope is as deep and wide as this to not affect the West that was drowning in the conservative religion suppression of the Middle Ages. Like the architectural structures of the sifahanes, the education systems of great medical scholars also occurred in Europe. Extending back to the symbols of the knights of Malta and the baroque style, the lily motif seen in sifahanes and Divrigi ornamentations; on the other side and again from Anatolian culture, the snake motif that originated in healing temples are renowned symbols and a form of expression