SINAN

sēnän, Muslim architect, 1489?–1578?. He is regarded as the greatest of Islamic builders, his achievement lying in his solutions to spatial problems in cupola-topped structures. He was active during the reigns of Selim I, Sulayman I, and Selim II, and in 1539 he was named court architect. His masterpieces are the mosques of Şehzâde and Sulayman I, both at Constantinople (now İstanbul), and the mosque of Selim II at Adrianople. His autobiography lists more than 300 buildings of his design.

See study by A. Stratton (1972).

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1.
New Arabian Studies - Vol. 3
Book by G. Rex Smith, J. R. Smart, B. R. Pridham; University of Exeter Press, 1996
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--History, Social Sciences--Arabian Peninsula
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Constantinople: Old and New
Book by H. G. Dwight; Charles Scribners Sons, 1915
Subjects: Istanbul (Turkey)--Description
...East, until in the hands of a master like Sinan it attained a supreme elegance without...to look for all Turkish architecture in Sinan. The mosques of Atik Ali Pasha and of...their kind. Nor did architecture die with Sinan. Yeni Jami, looking at Galata along the...
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Mathematical Instrumentation in Fourteenth-Century Egypt and Syria: The Illustrated Treatise of Najm Al-Dein Al-Meirsri
Book by Francois Charette; Brill, 2003
Subjects: Astrolabes--Egypt--History, Astrolabes--Syria--History, Quadrants (Astronomical Instruments)--Egypt--History, Quadrants (Astronomical Instruments)--Syria--History, Sundials--Egypt--History, Sundials--Syria--History
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The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire
Book by Leslie P. Peirce; Oxford University Press, 1993
Subjects: Favorites, Royal--Turkey--History, Harem, Turkey--History--1453-1683, Turkey--Kings And Rulers--Wives--History, Women In Politics--Turkey--History, Women--Turkey--Social Conditions
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Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science - Vol. 2
Book by Roshdi Rashed, RÉgis Morelon; Routledge, 1996
Subjects: Science--Arab Countries--History--Encyclopedias
...aydanani, Thabit ibn Qurra, Abu Kamil, Sinan ibn al-Fat , al- ububi and Abu al-Wafa...establish in the work of Abu Kamil and Sinan ibn al-Fat , amongst others. Furthermore...can be seen in the work of Abu Kamil and Sinan ibn al-Fat . Furthermore the latter 13...
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Ibrahim Ibn Sinan: Logique et Geometrie Au Xe Siecle
Journal article by Robert Morrison; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects: Ibrahim ibn Sinan: Logique et geometrie au Xe siecle (Book)--Reviews
Ibrahim ibn Sinan: Logique et geometrie au Xe siecle...commentaries on the works of Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra (d. 946 A.D.), along...Ahmad Saidans The Works of Ibrahim Ibn Sinan (Kuwait, 1983) represented a vast improvement...
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16th Century Ottoman Architecture
Journal article by Murat Gul; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 51, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...by Murat Gul 4595 The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire...99.50 Hbk. Gulru Necipoglus The Age of Sinan provides an excellent scholarly survey...works of the celebrated Ottoman architect Sinan (1489-1588). It differs sharply from the...
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Engineering Mystery of Master Architect Sinan's "Kufeki" Shell Limestone
Journal article by Nihal Arioglu, Ergin Arioglu; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 48, 2005
Subjects: Architects--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Architects--Services, Engineering firms--Research, Engineering services--Research, Sinan, Mimer--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Sinan, Mimer--Services
...have been innumerable papers and studies on Sinan, the master architect, and his works. Nevertheless, Sinan has been deemed only as the master architect of colossal mosques. But when the works of Sinan are closely studied in terms of the disciplines...
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Cost Inefficiency and the Holding of Non-Traditional Assets by Solvent Stock Thrifts
Journal article by A. Sinan Cebenoyan, Elizabeth S. Cooperman, Charles A. Register, Sylvia C. Hudgins; Real Estate Economics, Vol. 26, 1998
Subjects: Assets (Accounting)--Management, Investments--Research, Mortgages--Research, Savings and loan associations--Research, Savings--Research
Cost inefficiency and the holding of non-traditional assets by solvent stock thrifts by A. Sinan Cebenoyan , Elizabeth S. Cooperman , Charles A. Register , Sylvia C. Hudgins The thrift debacle of the late 1980s...
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The Influence of Emotional Distress on the Outcome of In-vitro Fertilization (Ivf) And/or Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (Icsi) Treatment among Infertile Turkish Women
Journal article by Tunay Karlidere, Ali Bozkurt, Kamil Nahit Ozmenler, Aytekin Ozsahin, Tansu Kucuk, Sinan Yetkin; The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, Vol. 45, 2008
...among Infertile Turkish Women by Tunay Karlidere , Ali Bozkurt , Kamil Nahit Ozmenler , Aytekin Ozsahin , Tansu Kucuk , Sinan Yetkin Introduction Infertility is a psychological stressor and one of the most significant lifetime crises for infertile...
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Scholarly Sinan
Magazine article by Yasmin Shariff; The Architectural Review, Vol. 218, November 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire (Book)--Book reviews
Scholarly Sinan. by Yasmin Shariff THE AGE OF SINAN, ARCHITECTURAL CULTURE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE By Gulru Necipoglu...Architecture at Harvard University since 1993. Her book on Sinan is a complete contrast to the countless coffee table books...
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Unfortunately, It Was Paradise
Magazine article; Tikkun, Vol. 18, May/Jun 2003
Subjects: Akash, Munir, Antoon, Sinan, Darwish, Malmoud, El-Zein, Amira, Forche, Carolyn, Poetry
...Unfortunately, It Was Paradise Selected Poems Malmoud Darwish Translated and edited by Munir Akash and Carolyn Forche with Sinan Antoon and Amira EI-Zein University of California Press, 2002 A recent recipient of the Lannan Foundations Prise for Cultural...
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Dissident or Apologist?
Magazine article by Sinan Antoon; The Nation, Vol. 276, February 3, 2003
Subjects: Authors--Behavior, Blacklisting, Dissenters--Behavior, Makiya, Kanan--Behavior, Writers--Behavior
Dissident or Apologist? by Sinan Antoon The Iraqi-American writer and Brandeis professor...representing them, Makiya is seen as an apologist for the new Rome. Sinan Antoon, an Iraqi writer, is a senior editor at Arab Studies Journal...
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Dead Poets Society
Magazine article by Sinan Antoon; The Nation, Vol. 276, May 26, 2003
Subjects: Baghdad, Iraq (City)--Social aspects, Iraq War, 2003--Social aspects, Iraqis--Personal narratives
Dead Poets Society. by Sinan Antoon It is agonizingly difficult to write about ones hometown...future nightmares and shower her with kisses and love from afar. Sinan Antoons first novel, Ijam ("Diacritics"), will be published by Dar...
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NATO's Ethnic Cleansing: The Kurdish Question in Turkey
Magazine article by Sinan Esim; Monthly Review, Vol. 51, June 1999
Subjects: Genocide--Analysis, International law--Interpretation and construction, Military policy--Evaluation, North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Military policy, Turkey--International relations
...Ethnic Cleansing: The Kurdish Question in Turkey. by Sinan Esim Of all the arguments put forward in defense of the...left to show its solidarity with the homeless of the world. Sinan Esim, a Turkish Marxist who is already under threat of arrest...
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Red Tide Strikes 2 Pa[euro][TM]sinan Towns
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 24, 2006
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Matt Skelton
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 13, 2008
Matt Skelton. MATT SKELTON has pulled out of his vacant European heavyweight titlefight against former champion Sinan Samil Sam in Istanbul on July 4. Veteran Commonwealth title holder Skelton, from Bedford, is suffering from aviral infection...
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Iraq Economy Digging out of Debt; Paris Club Forgiveness Key to Lowering Inflation, Increasing Growth
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 1, 2006
...recently interviewed the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Sinan Mohammed Rida Al-Shabibi, in Geneva about Iraqs troubled finances...dictator Saddam Hussein. Photo by Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Sinan Mohammed Rida Al-Shabibi, the governor of the Central Bank of...
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Black Night for End to Future Campaign
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 16, 2006
...Turkey. Inverness midfielder Ian Black was sent off on his debut in front of his own fans after goals from Hasan Salih Kabze, Sinan Kaloglu and Fahri Tatan ensured the aggressive, strong and technically superior Turkey side finished top of the five- team tournament...
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U.S. Kills Al Qaeda Terrorist Who Attacked Cole
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 5, 2002
Subjects: Al-Qaeda
...USS Cole, a U.S. official said yesterday. The official said the missile attack on a car in northern Yemen killed Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi and five lower-level members of Osama bin Ladens al Qaeda organization. The official said a CIA-operated Predator...
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Sinan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SINAN senan, Muslim architect, 1489? 1578?. He is regarded as the greatest of Islamic builders, his achievement lying in his solutions...
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Dunsinane
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DUNSINANE dun sinan , westernmost of the Sidlaw Hills, 1,012 ft (308 m) high, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland. On its summit are ruins of a fort...
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Sulayman I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Sulayman the Lawgiver among Muslims. He was fond of pomp and splendor and was a lavish patron of the arts and of literature. Sinan, the great Turkish architect, worked under his orders (see Islamic art and architecture ). See biography by H. Lamb (1951...
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Istanbul
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...completely reorganized 1933), a technical university, Univ. of the Bosporus (formerly Robert College), Marmara Univ., Mimar Sinan Univ., and Yildiz Univ. It is the see of the patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, of a Latin-rite patriarch of the Roman...
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Mosque
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...achieved at Constantinople such superb monuments as the mosque (1550 57) of Sulayman I, the Magnificent, by the architect Sinan , and the huge Ahmediyeh mosque (1608 14) of Ahmed I. Indian mosques betray their Persian origin in the prevalence of onion-shaped...
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