Sinan
c. 1490–1588
Chief Ottoman architect, designer of the Süleymaniye and Selimiye mosques.
Sinan (c. 1490–1588) was an architect, born in Ağırnas and died in Istanbul.
- Known as
- Architect
- Category
- Artists
- Born
- c. 1490, Ağırnas
- Died
- 1588, Istanbul
Alive at the same time as Sinan
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Portrait: Drawn by Hazan Riza, Public domain.
