Mimar Sinan

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Ottoman architect architect chief imperial architect person

Mimar Sinan was the chief Ottoman imperial architect of the 16th century, renowned for designing masterpieces such as the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul and the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Chief Ottoman Imperial Architect 1
Koca Mimar Sinan 1
Mimar Hayreddin 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
chief imperial architect ⓘ
person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mimar Sinan ⓘ
surface form: Koca Mimar Sinan

Sinan Agha ⓘ
Sinan Agha ⓘ
surface form: Sinan bin Abdülmennan
birthYear c. 1489 ⓘ
burialPlace tomb near Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul ⓘ
citizenship Ottoman Empire ⓘ
deathYear 1588 ⓘ
designed Haseki Hürrem Sultan Mosque complex ⓘ
Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque ⓘ
Belgrade Forest aqueducts ⓘ
surface form: Kırkçeşme water supply system

Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad ⓘ
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Mihrimah Sultan Mosque at Edirnekapı

Mihrimah Sultan Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Mihrimah Sultan Mosque at Üsküdar

Rustem Pasha Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Rüstem Pasha Mosque

Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Azapkapı) ⓘ
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Kadırga) ⓘ
Suleymaniye Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Süleymaniye Mosque

Suleymaniye Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Süleymaniye Mosque complex

Taqiyya al-Sulaymaniyya complex in Damascus ⓘ
aqueducts in Istanbul ⓘ
many Ottoman bridges ⓘ
various baths (hamams) ⓘ
various caravanserais ⓘ
various madrasas ⓘ
Şehzade Mosque ⓘ
employer Murad III ⓘ
Ottoman court ⓘ
Selim II ⓘ
Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Anatolian Christian background ⓘ
influenced classical Ottoman mosque design ⓘ
later Ottoman architects ⓘ
knownFor integration of mosque complexes with urban fabric ⓘ
large central-dome mosques ⓘ
structural innovation in domes and semi-domes ⓘ
name Mimar Sinan self-link ⓘ
notableWork Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
Suleymaniye Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Süleymaniye Mosque

Şehzade Mosque ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
military engineer ⓘ
positionHeld Mimar Sinan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chief Ottoman Imperial Architect
religion Islam ⓘ
servedIn Ottoman army corps of Janissaries as engineer ⓘ
style classical Ottoman architecture ⓘ
workLocation Edirne ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
various provinces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mimar Sinan → alsoKnownAs → Mimar Sinan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koca Mimar Sinan
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque → architect → Mimar Sinan ⓘ
Rustem Pasha Mosque → architect → Mimar Sinan ⓘ
Rustem Pasha Mosque → architect → Mimar Sinan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinan the Architect
Selimiye Mosque → architect → Mimar Sinan ⓘ
Suleymaniye Mosque → architect → Mimar Sinan ⓘ
Şehzade Mosque → architect → Mimar Sinan ⓘ
Ottoman culture → hasArchitect → Mimar Sinan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mimar Hayreddin
Sedefkar Mehmed Agha → influencedBy → Mimar Sinan ⓘ
Mimar Sinan → name → Mimar Sinan self-link ⓘ
Mimar Sinan → positionHeld → Mimar Sinan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief Ottoman Imperial Architect