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Mimar Sinan, Chief architect of the Ottomans

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ScholarChief architect of the Ottomans

Mimar Sinanمعمار سنان

Approximate dateIstanbul

The chief architect of three sultans, who built the Suleymaniye and the Selimiye mosques.

Taken as a Christian boy from Anatolia in the devshirme, he became a Janissary engineer before being named chief architect in 1539. Over some fifty years he and his office designed hundreds of buildings: mosques, bridges, schools and baths. He called the Selimiye in Edirne his masterwork.

What grew out of it?

His pupil Sedefkar Mehmed Agha built the Blue Mosque, and his style shaped cities from Bosnia to Egypt.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Istanbul (Constantinople)Suleiman ISelim IIOttoman Empire

Who lived at the same time?

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-GhaziHumayunSuleiman IBaburTahmasp IIbrahim LodiTumanbay IISelim I

Source: history · Wikipedia

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