WHO IS THE MİMAR SİNAN ?

Koca Mimar Sinan Ağa was the chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. Sinan was born in 1489 and was born either an Armenian, Albanian, Greek, or a Turkish  in a small town called Ağırnas near the city of Kayseri in Anatolia. In 1512, Sinan was conscripted into Ottoman service under the devshirme system and was sent to İstanbul to be trained as an officer the Janissary Corps and converted to Islam.

Various sources state that Sinan was the architect of around 360 structures which included 84 mosques, 51 small mosques , 57 schools of theology , 7 schools for Koran reciters , 22 mausoleums , 17 Alm Houses , 3 hospitals, 7 aqueducts and arches, 48 inns, 35 palaces and mansions, 8 vaults and 46 baths. Sinan held the position of chief architect of the palace, which meant being the overseer of all construction work of the Ottoman Empire, for nearly 50 years, working with a large team of assistants consisting of architects and master builders.

His masterpiece is the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, although his most famous work is the Suleiman Mosque in Istanbul.

 He died in 1588 and is buried in a tomb in Istanbul, a türbe of his own design, in the cemetery just outside the walls of the Süleymaniye Mosque to the north, across a street named Mimar Sinan Caddesi in his honour.

QUESTIONS:

Who was Mimar Sinan ?

1- Sultan

2- Doctor

3- Architect and Civil Engineer

4- King

What is the most important pieces of Mimar Sinan ?

1- Bosphorus Bridge

2- Selimiye Mosque

3- Süleymaniye Mosque

4- Suleiman Mosque

Who has worked for ?

1- Midas

2- I. Konstantin

3-  Napolyon Bonapart‎

4- Suleiman the Magnificent