Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: Evliya Celebi, Mimar Sinan, Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Phanariotes, Anton Pann, Levidis family, Dimitrie Cantemir, Balyan family, Ziya Gokalp, Tanburi Buyuk Osman Bey, Calouste Gulbenkian, Kemani Tatyos Ekserciyan, AbuGhosh qaryet alinab, Sami Frasheri, Hampartsoum Limondjian, Constantine Mavrocordatos, Arpiar Arpiarian, Nicholas Mavrocordatos, Yusuf an-Nabhani, Mehmet Niyazi, ehzade Mustafa, Erukhan, Hagop Kazazian Pasha, Alexander Ypsilantis, Rupen Zartarian, Krikor Balakian, Sheik Edebali, Constantine Ypsilantis, Abdullah Cevdet, Ebubekir Pasha, Nakka Osman, Antranig Dzarugian, Mahidevran, Ali Suavi, Hadan Suleiman Pasha, Hagop Baronian, Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi, Dionysius of Fourna, Giuseppe Donizetti, Pasha Yigit-Beg, Al-Kawthari, Yervant Odian, Isak-Beg, Tanburi Ali Efendi, Bursal Mehmet Tahir Bey, Sunbul Efendi, Kutalmish, Abdulcelil Levni, Oruc Baba, Armenag Haigazian, Bedros Kapamajian, Himmeti-Zade Nesuh-Beg, Memi Agha, Hovsep Aznavur, Kouloughli, smail Galib. Excerpt: Koca Mi'mar Sinan A a (Ottoman Turkish: Modern Turkish: Mimar Sinan) (May 9, 1490 - June 8, 1588) was the chief Ottoman architect (Turkish: "Mimar") and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than three hundred major structures and other more modest projects, such as his Islamic primary schools (sibyan mektebs). The son of a stonemason, he received a technical education and became a a military engineer. He rose rapidly through the ranks to become first an officer and finally a Janissary commander, with the honorific title of a a. He refined his architectural and engineering skills while on campaign with the Janissaries, becoming expert at constructing fortifications of all kinds, as well as military infrastructure projects, ...