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| | Sinan |
 | | Koca Mimar Sinan Ağa (1490-1588) was the Ottoman chief architect for sultans Selim I, Suleiman I, Selim II and Murad III. |
 | | The son of Greek Orthodox Christian parents (baptised Joseph), Sinan was born in 1490 in a small village in Caesaria in Anatolia (today Kayseri, possibly related to the ancient city of Caesarea Mazaca). |
 | | Sinan is said to have constructed 84 great mosques (cami), 52 smaller mosques (mescit), 57 universities, 7 Quran schools (medrese), 22 mausoleums (türbe), 17 public kitchens (imaret), 3 hospitals ('\'darüşşifa), 6 aqueducts, 8 bridges, 20 caravanserais (kervansaray; han), 35 palaces (saray), 8 store houses and 41 bath-houses (hamam''). |
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