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Wikipedia: Koca Mimar Sinan Ağa (c. 1490 - 1588) was the chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman I, Selim II, and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than three hundred major structures, and other more modest projects, such as his Koran schools (sibyan mektebs). Trained as a military engineer, he rose through the ranks to become first an officer and finally a Janissary commander, with the honorific title of ağa.
![[Mimar Sinan bust in Ankara]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mimar_Sinan_b_C3_BCst_C3_BC_2C_ODT_C3_9C_s.jpg "Mimar Sinan bust in Ankara")
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![[The Ṣehzade Mehmet Mosque]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mimar_Sinan_Mosqu_C3_A9e_C5_9Eehzade_Mehmet_2C_Istanbul_2802_29_1_s.jpg "The Ṣehzade Mehmet Mosque")
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![[Possibly Mimar Sinan (left) at the tomb of Sultan Süleyman I, 1566]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MimarSinan_Detail_1_s.jpg "Possibly Mimar Sinan (left) at the tomb of Sultan Süleyman I, 1566")
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