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SEMIZ ALI PAŞA
Türbe
in garden of Mihrimah Camii, Edirne Kapı; 988 (1580),
date of his death
KILIÇ ALI PAŞA
At Tophane:
Cami, türbe, medrese, hamam
; Insc. 988 (1580-1)
MURAT III
Row of
shops
below Beyazit Camii; 988 (1580), Divan archives
ŞEMSI AHMET PAŞA
At Üsküdar:
Cami, medrese, türbe
; Insc. 991 (1583-4)
ATIK VALIDE (NURBANU)
At Üsküdar:
Cami, medrese, imaret, kervansaray, şifahane, tekke,
dar-ül kura, dar-ül hadis, hamam
; Insc. 991 (1583-4)
RAMAZAN EFENDI
Cami
at Koca Mustafa Paşa; Insc. 994 (1585-6)
MIMAR SİNAN
Türbe
and
sebil
at the Süleymaniye; Insc. 996 (1587-8), though
probably built earlier
For the following buildings which appear in the
Tezkere
we have
not been able to find definite dates: Ahi Çelebi Camii and Bali Paşa
Camii (repairs or construction only: probably very early work before
he became Chief Architect, since after 1538 he would hardly have
undertaken repairs to relatively unimportant buildings); Hüsrev
Kethüda Hamamı; Kapı Ağası Hamamı (a ruin with no indication of
date); Nişancı Mehmet Bey Medresesi (a complete ruin); Semiz Ali
Paşa Medresesi (perhaps between 1561 and 1565 when Ali was Grand
Vezir); Siyavuş Paşa Türbesi (built for some children who predeceased
him; he was buried there himself when he died in 1601); Şehzadeler
Türbesi (a problematical building perhaps not by Sinan though it
appears in the
Tezkere
).
In the above list there are about 120 buildings mentioned,
practically all of which can safely be attributed to Sinan in whole or in
part. Of these 24 are mosques, 27 medreses, 20 türbes, eight hamams,
four imarets and three hospitals. This is a phenomenal amount of
work for one man to have accomplished even in a career of more than
50 years, and even with the help of an
atellier
including many skilled
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