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Ahmad Shah of Divriği
Ahmad Shah was the Mengujekid ruler of Divriği in eastern Anatolia in the early thirteenth century, under the overlordship of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. In 1228–1229 he and his wife Turan Malik founded the Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği, whose carved stone portals are among the finest works of medieval Islamic architecture and are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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