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This is an annotated translation of what is perhaps the most important Ottoman literary source for the architectural monuments and urban form of the Ottoman capital, Istanbul: Hafız Hüseyin bin Ismail Ayvansarayî's Hadikat al-Cevami (The Garden of Mosques). There are also separate descriptions of each of Istanbul's more than 800 mosques, plus accounts of its medreses, tombs, tekkes and other pious foundations.

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'…makes one of the most important sources of documentation on Ottoman architecture available to a wider audience for the first time. Encyclopedic in its scope and approach.' Shirine Hamadeh, Journal of Soc. Architect.Historians, 2001.

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Preface Abbreviations Note on Translation and Transcription Introduction VOLUME ONE Ali Satı's Preface: The Garden of Mosques Ayvansarayî's Introduction: The Garden of Mosques The Imperial Mosques Account of the Other Mosques of Istanbul The Mosques Outside the Walls of Istanbul and Along the Upper Reaches of the Golden Horn VOLUME TWO The Mosques of Kasımpaşa, Galata and the European Shore of the Lower Bosphorus The Mosques of the Upper Bosphorus The Mosques of Üsküdar and Its Environs Glossary Works Cited Index of Mosques, Medreses, Tekkes, Tombs and Other Monuments Index of Personal Names, Titles and Terms

The Garden of the Mosques: Hafiz Hüseyin al-Ayvansarayî's Guide to the Muslim Monuments of Ottoman Istanbul

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      Publisher: Brill
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/12/1999
      ISBN13: 9789004259607, 978-9004259607
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is an annotated translation of what is perhaps the most important Ottoman literary source for the architectural monuments and urban form of the Ottoman capital, Istanbul: Hafız Hüseyin bin Ismail Ayvansarayî's Hadikat al-Cevami (The Garden of Mosques). There are also separate descriptions of each of Istanbul's more than 800 mosques, plus accounts of its medreses, tombs, tekkes and other pious foundations.

      Trade Review
      '…makes one of the most important sources of documentation on Ottoman architecture available to a wider audience for the first time. Encyclopedic in its scope and approach.' Shirine Hamadeh, Journal of Soc. Architect.Historians, 2001.

      Table of Contents
      Preface Abbreviations Note on Translation and Transcription Introduction VOLUME ONE Ali Satı's Preface: The Garden of Mosques Ayvansarayî's Introduction: The Garden of Mosques The Imperial Mosques Account of the Other Mosques of Istanbul The Mosques Outside the Walls of Istanbul and Along the Upper Reaches of the Golden Horn VOLUME TWO The Mosques of Kasımpaşa, Galata and the European Shore of the Lower Bosphorus The Mosques of the Upper Bosphorus The Mosques of Üsküdar and Its Environs Glossary Works Cited Index of Mosques, Medreses, Tekkes, Tombs and Other Monuments Index of Personal Names, Titles and Terms

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