INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Babur found leisure to summon from Constantinople pupils of the famous Albanian architect, Sinan, who had designed many important buildings in the Ottoman Empire and set them to work on mosques and other architectural monuments commemorating his conquest of Hindustan.

Detailed explanation-2: -When the Ottoman army captured Cairo, Sinan was promoted to chief architect and was given the privilege of tearing down any buildings in the captured city that were not according to the city plan. During the campaign in the East, he assisted in the building of defences and bridges, such as a bridge across the Danube.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sinan pioneered the use of smaller domes, half domes, and buttresses to lead the eye up the mosque’s exterior to the central dome at its apex, and he used tall, slender minarets at the corners to frame the entire structure. This plan could yield striking exterior effects, as in the dramatic facade of the Selim Mosque.

Detailed explanation-4: -Considered to be the greatest Ottoman architect, Mimar Sinan was the Ottoman Empire’s State Architect for a decade, transforming the landscape of Istanbul as well as other Turkish cities with his masterpieces. Constructing or supervising more than 370 structures, Mimar Sinan was as busy as he was talented.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sinan is considered the greatest architect of the Ottoman Empire’s architectural heritage. It is generally assumed that Sinan was born in the year 1490 and that he spent his youth in the village of Agirnas near Kayseri until conscription (devsirme) to the ‘masters of carpenters’.