Sinan

by Emma Clark, Emma Allcock (Illustrator)

Selected by the Ottoman ruler's military guard, Sinan left his small village in Anatolia to become an established soldier and renowned engineer. Once his work caught the eye of Suleiman the Magnificent, he became the sultan's chief architect. In this position, Sinan is said to have designed more than five hundred structures that transformed the face of the Ottoman empire and, more specifically, Istanbul.

24 pages, Paperback

First published April 11, 1996

About the author

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Emma Clark is a writer, lecturer and designer specializing in traditional Islamic art and architecture. She teaches part-time on the Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts Programme at The Prince's Foundation in London.