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Koca Mi’mâr Sinân Âğâ (Ottoman Turkish: معمار سينان; Modern Turkish: Mimar Sinan pronounced [miːˈmaːɾ siˈnan]) (c. 1489/1490 – July 17 1588) was the chief Ottoman architect (Turkish: Mimar) and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent 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 Islamic primary schools (sibyan mektebs).

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birth date
1489-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Ottoman Empire, Kayseri Province, Ağırnas, Karaman Eyalet
death date
1588-07-17
death place
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, Istanbul
nationality
Ottoman Empire
significant building
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Edirnekapı), Church of the Assumption (Uzundzhovo), Selimiye Mosque, Haseki Hürrem Sultan Hamamı, Banya Bashi Mosque, Süleymaniye Mosque, Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex, Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Şehzade Mosque, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar)

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