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Davud AÄŸa
Davud Agha was the chief imperial architect of the Ottoman Empire from 1588, after the death of his predecessor Sinan, until his death in 1598 or 1599. His works include various monuments from the classical period of Ottoman architecture. Career Davud Agha was probably recruited through the ''devshirme'' system circa 1562 and from there followed a typical path into the Ottoman bureaucracy, studying architecture under the master architect Sinan. He probably participated as a military engineer in the Ottoman campaign against the Safavids in 1583. He was a protegé of the Chief Black Eunuch, Mehmed Agha or Mehmet bin Abdurrahman. Under the latter's supervision, he may have been responsible for a late expansion of the Atik Valide Mosque in Ãœsküdar (previously designed by Sinan) between 1584 and 1586. The earliest work clearly attributed to him was in the Topkapı Palace in 1585, where he constructed the sultan's bath and most likely the adjacent Imperial Hall (''Hünkâr SofasÄ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. The empire emerged from a Anatolian beyliks, ''beylik'', or principality, founded in northwestern Anatolia in by the Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. His successors Ottoman wars in Europe, conquered much of Anatolia and expanded into the Balkans by the mid-14th century, transforming their petty kingdom into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the Fall of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed II. With its capital at History of Istanbul#Ottoman Empire, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and control over a significant portion of the Mediterranean Basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nışançı Mehmed Pasha Mosque
The Nışançı Mehmed Pasha Mosque () is a late 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque is part of an architectural complex (''külliye'') that also includes the tomb of its founder, Nışançı Mehmed Pasha, and formerly included two madrasas and a Sufi lodge (''tekke''). Historical background The mosque was sponsored by Nışançı Mehmed Pasha, an Ottoman official who joined the imperial chancery, rose to post of chief secretary (''reisülküttab'') and then chancellor (''nışançı'') in 1567. He served as governor of Aleppo from around 1574 to 1576, then rose to the rank of vizier in 1580, under Sultan Murad III. He spent the rest of his career after this moving back and forth between this position and the position of chancellor. According to an inscription at its entrance, the mosque itself was built from 1584 to 1589. The two Madrasa, madrasas of the complex were completed in 1592–3 (1001 Hijri year, AH). The tomb of Nışançı Mehmed Pasha was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murad III
Murad III (; ; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Safavid Iran, Safavids. The long-independent Saadi Sultanate, Morocco was for a time made a vassal of the empire but regained independence in 1582. His reign also saw the empire's expanding influence on the eastern coast of Africa. However, the empire was beset by increasing corruption and inflation from the New World which led to unrest among the Janissary and commoners. Relations with Elizabethan England were cemented during his reign, as both had a common enemy in the Spanish Empire, Spanish. He was also a great patron of the arts, commissioning the ''Siyer-i Nebi, Siyer-i-Nebi'' and other illustrated manuscripts. Early life Born in Manisa on 4 July 1546, Şehzade Murad was the oldest son of Şehzade Selim II, Selim and his powerful wife Nurbanu Sultan. He received a good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valens Aqueduct
The Aqueduct of Valens (, ) was a Roman aqueduct system built in the late 4th century AD, to supply Constantinople – the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Construction of the aqueduct began during the reign of the Roman emperor Constantius II () and was completed in 373 by the Emperor Valens (). The aqueduct remained in use for many centuries. It was extended and maintained by the Byzantines and the Ottomans. Initially, the Aqueduct of Valens carried water from springs at Danımandere and Pınarca; the channels from each spring met at Dağyenice. This 4th-century first phase of the system was long. A second, 5th-century phase added a further of conduits that took water from Vize, away from Constantinople. The final and most visible aqueduct bridge in the system survives in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Named in , it is an important landmark in the city, with its arches passing over Atatürk Boulevard (). The ''Bozdoğan Kemeri'' spans the valley between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazanfer Agha
Gazanfer Agha (died on 3 January 1603) was an Ottoman courtier and politician of Venetian origin. He held the office of '' Kapıağası'' for Sultan Murad III part of a network of spies dedicated to manipulating Ottoman politics in favor of Venice. Biography He was born in Venice to Giacomo Michiel, chancellor of Venice in Buda,Reason why Minetti mistakenly considered him to be of Hungarian origins and his wife Franceschina Zorzi. He had a brother and two sisters, one of whom was Beatrice. In 1559, he was sailing with his family to join his father in Buda, but their ship was attacked by Barbary pirates. While his mother and sisters were later freed, he and his brother were sold into slavery in Constantinople and taken to the Grand Seraglio school at Topkapi Palace. There they were castrated and converted to Islam, taking the names Gazanfer and Cafer. They were assigned to the court of Şehzade Selim, who ascended the throne as Selim II in 1566. Gazanfer and his brother wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosphorus
The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait ( ; , colloquially ) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul, Turkey. The Bosporus connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and forms one of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe, boundaries between Asia and Europe. It also divides Turkey by separating Anatolia, Asia Minor from East Thrace, Thrace. It is the world's narrowest strait used for international waterway, international navigation. Most of the shores of the Bosporus Strait, except for the area to the north, are heavily settled, with the city of Istanbul's metropolitan area, metropolitan population of 17 million inhabitants extending inland from both banks. The Bosporus Strait and the Dardanelles Strait at the opposite end of the Sea of Marmara are together known as the Turkish Straits. Sections of the shore of the Bosporus in Istanbul have been reinforced with concrete or rubble and those sections of the strait prone t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Kiosk
The Pearl Kiosk () was a mansion directly located at the banks of the Bosphorus and served as a pleasure building for the Ottoman sultan. It was built in 1590 by the grand vizier Grand vizier (; ; ) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. It was first held by officials in the later Abbasid Caliphate. It was then held in the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Soko ... Koca Sinan Pasha. Literature * Fanny Davis. ''Palace of Topkapi in Istanbul''. 1970. ASIN B000NP64Z2 * Buildings and structures completed in 1590 Houses completed in the 16th century 16th-century churches Topkapı Palace Bosphorus {{ottoman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketmakers' Kiosk
The Basketmakers' Kiosk (), also known as Basketmakers' Palace (), named after the Sepetçiler Roma, is a former Ottoman pleasure palace located on the southern shore of Golden Horn's mouth at Sarayburnu in the neighborhood of Sirkeci in Istanbul, Turkey. History Built in 1591 by Sultan Murad III, for the (), where they could sell their goods, and renovated by Sultan Mahmud I in 1739, it is the only surviving building from a row of many assorted pavilions and palaces constructed within the outer yard of Topkapı Palace. According to the text on the epigraph on the door arch of the pavilion, the pavilion, which was located within the borders of Topkapı Palace in the era when it was constructed, was reconstructed in 1643 in Sultan Ibrahim’s era (1640–1658), The Sepetçiler Kasrı have taken its name from the basketmaker tradesmen working in that region. According to the rumor, the tradesmen shared the construction costs of the pavilion and gave their names to the buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mese (Constantinople)
The ''Mese'' ( ''i Mése dós', lit. "Middle treet) was the main thoroughfare of ancient Constantinople and the scene of many Byzantine imperial processions. Its ancient course is largely followed by the modern ''Divan Yolu'' ("Road to the Divan"). Route of the Mese The ''Mese'' started at the Milion monument, close to the Hagia Sophia, and led straight westwards. It passed the Hippodrome and the palaces of Lausos and Antiochus, and after ca. 600 meters reached the oval-shaped Forum of Constantine where one of the city's two Senate houses stood. This stretch of the street was also known as the ''Regia'' (, "Imperial Road"), as it formed the original ceremonial route from the Great Palace and the Augustaion square to the forum of the city's founder. From there, the street continued to the square Forum of Theodosius or Forum of the Bull (''Forum Tauri''), as it was also known. In about the middle of this stretch, the great mall known as ''Makros Embolos'' joined the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koca Sinan Pasha
Koca Sinan Pasha (, "Sinan the Great", ; c. 1506 – 3 April 1596) was an Albanian-born Ottoman Grand Vizier, military figure, and statesman. From 1580 until his death he served five times as Grand Vizier. Early life Sinan Pasha, also known as ''Koca Sinan'' (Sinan the Great), was born in Topojan in Luma territory and was of Albanian origin. Sinan Pasha was a descendant of Gjergj Arianiti. In a Ragusan document of 1571 listing members of the Ottoman Sultan's governing council, Sinan is described as coming from a Catholic family that converted to Islam. His father was named Ali Bey and Sinan Pasha had family ties with Catholic relatives such as the Giubizzas.Malcolm, Noel (2015). Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-century Mediterranean World'. Oxford University Press. . pp.264–265. "Sinan came from a small village in north-eastern Albania. As the writer Lazaro Soranzo put it, very probably deriving his information from Bartolomeo's co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerrah Mehmed Pasha
Cerrah Mehmed Pasha (; died January 1604, Istanbul) was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1598 to 1599.Uzunçarşılı, İsmail Hakkı, (1954) ''Osmanlı Tarihi III. Cilt, 2. Kısım, XVI. Yüzyıl Ortalarından XVII. Yüzyıl Sonuna kadar)'', Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu (Altıncı Baskı 2011 ), p. 358 Mehmed Pasha was the palace surgeon prior to becoming grand vizier, hence his epithet ''cerrah'' 'surgeon'. The Istanbul neighborhood of Cerrahpaşa and one of the two medical faculties of Istanbul University, (the other being ), are named after him. Family In 1579 he married Gevherhan Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Selim II and Nurbanu Sultan. He was her second husband. They had at least a son:According to some sources, Hatice Hanımsultan, Gevherhan's youngest daughter and Salih's elder half-sister, was also actually born by this marriage and was Cerrah Mehmed's daughter and Salih's full elder sister. *Sultanzade Salih Bey. Governor of Klis. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
