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Rüstem Pasha Medrese, Kütahya

madrasa in Kütahya District

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 19, 2025
Entity authorityQ20476251 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rüstem Pasha Medrese (Turkish: Rüstem Paşae Medresesi)

is a medrese building, located in Kütahya, Turkey. It was rebuilt after the original building, which was built by Ottoman statesman and grand vizier Rüstem Pasha in 1550. It was partly demolished in the 1930s.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Rüstem Pasha Medrese, Kütahya” as madrasa in Kütahya District. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1550—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Rüstem, Pasha and Medrese can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as madrasa in Kütahya District. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q20476251. Authority coordinates are 39.419, 29.980. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1550.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Rüstem Pasha Medrese, Kütahya”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Rüstem Pasha Medrese, Kütahya primary sources, Rüstem Pasha Medrese, Kütahya archive and Rüstem research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Rüstem Pasha Medrese, Kütahya”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Rüstem Pasha Medrese, Kütahya” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.