What is Mimar Sinan?
{{Infobox architect |name = Mimar Sinan <br /><small>خواجه معمار سنان آغا</small> |image = Mimar Sinan büstü, ODTÜ.jpg |image_size = |caption = |nationality = [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] |birth_date = c. 1489/1490 |birth_place = [[Ağırnas]], [[Karaman Eyalet|Karaman]], [[Ottoman Empire]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1588|7|17|1490|5|29}} |death_place = [[Istanbul]], [[Ottoman Empire]] |alma_mater = |practice = |significant_buildings= [[Süleymaniye Mosque]]<br>[[Selimiye Mosque]]<br>[[Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge]]<br>[[Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar)|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque]]<br>[[Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex]]<br>[[Şehzade Mosque]]<br>[[Haseki Hürrem Sultan Hamamı|Haseki Baths]]<br>[[Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque]]<br>[[Banya Bashi Mosque]]<br>[[Church of the Assumption (Uzundzhovo)|Church of the Assumption]] |significant_projects = |significant_design = |awards = }} '''Mimar Sinan''' or '''Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ''' ([[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]]: {{Nastaliq|خواجه معمار سنان آغا}}; [[Turkish language|Modern Turkish]]: '''Mimar Sinan''') (15 April 1489 - 9 April 1588) was an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[architect]] and [[Civil engineering|civil engineer]]. He worked for sultans [[Suleiman the Magnificent]], [[Selim II]], and [[Murad III]]. He worked about fifty years for Ottoman Empire. His masterpiece is the [[Selimiye Mosque (Edirne)|Selimiye Mosque]] in [[Edirne]]. His most famous work is the [[Suleiman Mosque]] in [[Istanbul]]. [[File:Edirne 7333 Nevit.JPG|right|thumb|300px|[[Selimiye Mosque (Edirne)|Selimiye Mosque]], built by Sinan in 1575. [[Edirne]], Turkey.]] {{Authority control}} [[Category:Architects]] [[Category:1489 births]] [[Category:1588 deaths]] {{Bio-stub}}