Khodzhi (Yusuf) Sinan [Abdulmennan oglu Sinaneeddin Yusuf] General data:
21.05.1489 - 07.02.1588
Place of birth: Aghirnasm village, near Kayseri city , Antalya Province, Ottoman Empire (now Turkish Republic)
Studied in: School of janissaries, Constantinople City, Ottoman Empire (since 1930, Istanbul City, the Turkish Republic) ();
Key interests: mathematisc, astronomy
Biography:
He was born May 21, (according to other data on April 15) 1489 in the Aghirnassm village near Kayseri province of the Ottoman Empire (now the territory of Turkey). His father was a mason and a carpenter, originally a Greek or an Armenian. Bulgarians are convinced that Sinan was born in the Rhodope village of Shiroka Luka and was Bulgarian by nationality.
At birth, the boy received an Armenian name Hovsep (Yusuf). In 1512, he was taken away from his parents as part of the dehlmir which was a tax on which of the national minorities was taken to a civil service. In his youth, he received in Istanbul a thorough five-year education of Janis, who at that time received orders from foreigners. Then for many years he served in the squad Janischar. It was a prefabricated Turkish infantry, which consisted of captive aliens, who were forced to accept Islam. Together with these units Sinan took part in campaigns in 1521 to Belgrade and Rhodes in 1522, showing great courage. However, his true vocation was later, during the war with Persia. It was then that he erected fortunes for the crossing of Turkish troops through one of the lakes in Armenia. Later, during the military campaign of Sultan Selim I, Sinan built the first bridge thrown across the Danube. In 1539, Sultan Suleiman I Miraculous brought him to the rank of court architect. He occupied this post at the court of the next Sultan, Selim II and Murad III.
In his biography, he reports that he raised a total of 312 buildings, carefully listing them. One of the later biographers of the great architect claims that these objects were even more - 334! According to the architect's list, he built 73 mosques, 49 mausoleums, 18 tombs, 50 madrassas (theological schools), 7 schools for the study of the Koran, 3 hospitals, 17 kitchens for beggars, 27 palaces, 18 caravans, 5 barns, 31 barns sauna, 7 bridges and 7 aqueducts. And the matter is not among the buildings erected by them, but above all, in their architectural and structural merits.
The main creations of the architect include three mosques. The first of these is the Shah-Zadeh (or prince) mosque built in Istanbul in 1543-1548, the second is the Suleymaniye Mosque which was built in 1549-1557 in Istanbul, and the Selimie Mosque was built in Edirne city in 1567-1574.
in 1552-1564 he built in Yevpatoria (in that time the city called Ghazliv) not less majestic Khan-Jami mosque.
He died on February 7, 1588, in Istanbul, Turkey. Although, the date of his death, like his birth, is certainly not known. According to some sources it is 1578 years, on the other it is 1588.
He was a military engineer, mathematician and astronomer, architect.
In honor of Sinan names crater on Mercury.
Sources:
1 1000 ôàêò³â ïðî Óêðà¿íó
2 peoples.ru
3 shkolazhizni.ru
4 ru.wikipedia.org
