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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Dictionary of Islamic Architecture
Book by Andrew Petersen; Routledge, 1999
...mosque at the centre. Characteristically Sinan was able to turn the difficulties of the...Byzantines. Whilst working on the Selimiye Sinan continued to produce a variety of smaller...was built on a steep hillside. Again Sinan was able to exploit the site by building...
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More Tales Alive in Turkey
Book by Warren S. Walker, Ahmet E. Uysal; Texas Tech University Press, 1992
Subjects: Legends--Turkey, Tales--Turkey
...in which she now lived, had a son named Sinan. About eighteen or twenty years old...from midmorning until noon, and by then Sinan had come to the place where Katmer and...horse was. Hikmet turned and fled, and Sinan now followed not the game but this strange...
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Purified by Blood: Honour Killings Amongst Turks in the Netherlands
Book by Clementine Van Eck; Amsterdam University Press, 2003
Subjects: Social Problems--Netherlands, Turks--Netherlands--Social Life And Customs, Vendetta (Islamic Law), Vendetta--Netherlands
...parents house. That day, Nuran is home alone with Sinan, her eldest brother. Sinan questions Nuran, asking her whether she is not...with him and that he should mind his own business. Sinan is incensed by this response, which he regards...
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The Image of an Ottoman City: Imperial Architecture and Urban Experience in Aleppo in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Book by Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Aleppo (Syria)--Buildings, Structures, Etc, Architecture And State--Syria--Aleppo--History--16th Century, Architecture And State--Syria--Aleppo--History--17th Century, Architecture, Islamic--Syria--Aleppo, Architecture, Ottoman--Syria--Aleppo
...Some sources attribute the Khusruwiyya to Sinan himself. The TezkiretuL-Ebniye (ca...Eski Husrev Pa a Camii was the work of Sinan. This attribution has caused difficulty...8 Bates suggested the possibility that Sinan built the mosque when he stationed in Aleppo...
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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
2. Ibn Sinan al-Khafiiji: Preliminary Considerations...important feature of fasahah as conceived by Ibn Sinan is the fact that it may be used to refer...Arabs. In setting out this position, Ibn Sinan begins by launching the claim that the Arabic...
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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. by...commentaries on the works of Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra (d. 946 A.D...Ahmad Saidans The Works of Ibrahim Ibn Sinan (Kuwait, 1983) represented a vast improvement...
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Urban Agriculture in Cuba: Of, By, and for the Barrio
Journal article by Sinan Koont; Nature, Society, and Thought, Vol. 20, 2007
Subjects: Agriculture, Armed forces, Cuba, Diesel fuels, Gardens & gardening, Success, Urban areas, Vegetables
Urban Agriculture in Cuba: Of, By, and for the Barrio by Sinan Koont The definition of urban agriculture agricultura urbana, hereafter abbreviated as "AU" in the Cuban context has two components...
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A Mathematical Approach in Evaluating Biotechnology Attitude Scale: Rough Set Data Analysis
Journal article by Serkan Narli, Olcay Sinan; Kuram ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimleri, Vol. 11, 2011
A Mathematical Approach in Evaluating Biotechnology Attitude Scale: Rough Set Data Analysis by Serkan Narli , Olcay Sinan (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.) Attitude, which is attributed to a certain individual, can be defined as...
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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
...Treatment 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 women...
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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, which included...
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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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Sinan Celebi, Minister of Trade and Industry, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
Magazine article; The Middle East, August 2010
Subjects: Celebi, Sinan, Secretaries (Government)
Sinan Celebi, Minister of Trade and Industry, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq. Kurdistans Minister for Trade and Industry, Sinan Celebi, has been a leading light in the regions efforts to attract foreign...
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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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"About Baghdad" Film a Big Hit
Magazine article by Delinda C. Hanley; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 24, May/Jun 2005
Subjects: Antoon, Sinan, Documentary films, Exile, Iraq, Postwar reconstruction, Writers
...InCounter Productions, filled the Palestine Center in Washington, DC. "About Baghdad" follows exiled Iraqi writer and poet Sinan Antoon as he returns to Baghdad to see what has become of his city after decades of oppression, violence, wars, sanctions...
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Food Security in Cuba
Magazine article by Sinan Koont; Monthly Review, Vol. 55, January 2004
Subjects: Cuba--Agricultural policy, Cuba--Economic policy, Food supply, Food supply--International aspects, Food supply--Management, Organic farming, Organic farming--Statistics
Food Security in Cuba. by Sinan Koont In 1996, Via Campesina, the recently formed international...sufficient food and ensure an adequate diet for all their people. Sinan Koont teaches economics and is coordinator of Latin American Studies...
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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...Saddam Hussein. Photo by Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Sinan Mohammed Rida Al-Shabibi, the governor of the Central Bank...
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A Real Sin What He's Done to Us
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 11, 2009
...Hes Done to Us. Byline: Gary Ralston STANDARD LIEGE keeper Sinan Bolat scored the goal of his life - and cost Scottish football...1 win against Juventus. GOLDEN GOAL: Standard Liege keeper Sinan Bolats priceless strike against AZ was bad news for our game
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Capital Punishment; from Pumpkin Carving Competitions to Blood-Splattered Menus, Sarah Marshall Rates Her Top 10 Horrific Halloween Events
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 13, 2011
Subjects: Capital punishment
...opportunity to take a hot tub in the disused Victorian railway SINAN BOZKURT arches, or watch acrobats leap through vats of claret...witness outlandish revellers at The Last Tuesday Society balls SINAN BOZKURT Tricks and treats: enjoy a haunting night with magician...
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Family's Fears for Gap Year Worker Missing in Africa; Mystery: Aydan Savaskan with Friend Michelle Mettey and, Inset, in Kenya, Where He Worked as a Volunteer in an Orphanage
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 27, 2008
Subjects: Missing persons
...man who is due tostart university in September. His father Sinan, of Herne Hill, said it was out of character for Mr Savaskanto...silly?? Im worried about youwrite to meee kissses!!!!" Sinan Savaskan said several friends of the familywere looking for...
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Eduardo Hits Headlines Again with Late Winner; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 17, 2009
...across the penalty area almost picked out Bendtner but goalkeeper Sinan Bolat intercepted. Patience remained the key for Arsenal as...Nicklas Bendtner rifles the ball beyond Standard goalkeeper Sinan Bolat to bring Arsenal back into the tie
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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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Islamic Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...church of Hagia Sophia , adapted for use as a mosque, greatly influenced Turkish architects. The most famous among these is Sinan , chief architect in the Ottoman court from 1539 until his death in 1588. He constructed or designed most of Sulayman Is buildings...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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