The Scholars of Istanbul
Taqi Al-Din Taqi Al-Din was born in Damascus in 1525/6 CE. He died in 1585 in Istanbul, Turkey. His full name was Taqi Al-Din Mohammad bin Ma'aroof bin Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Yousef bin Mohammad Al-Shami. He was the son of a judge and he became a judge himself. He was described by his contemporaries as the greatest Scientist / Engineer on earth. For more detail click here. Sinan Mimar Koca Sinan, the "Great Architect Sinan", was born in Anatolia, Turkey in 1489; he died in Istanbul in 1588. Generally considered the greatest of all Ottoman architects, his career spanned about 50 years since he was appointed chief royal architect to the Ottoman court by Sultan Suleyman I in 1539. His buildings, mainly his great mosques, are the archetypal image of Turkish Ottoman architecture. For more detail click here.
by: FSTC Limited, Fri 14 September, 2007
 
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