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A view of panoramic Mihr-î-Mâh Sultan Mosque in Edirnekapı, Fatih District of Şehr-i İstanbul Turkey. The wonder mosque was built by Mimar Sinan in 1562-1565. Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ ibn Abd al-Mannan (Ottoman Turkish: خواجه معمار سنان آغا; Modern Turkish: Mimar Sinan) (c. 1489/1490 – July 17, 1588) was the chief Ottoman architect (Turkish: Mimar) and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent (Turkish: Muhteşem Süleyman or Kanuni Sultan Süleyman), Selim II, and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than three hundred major structures and other more modest projects, such as his Islamic primary schools. Some of the most important architectures are Süleymaniye Complex and Mosque, Şehzade Mehmet Mosque, Mihrimah Sultan Mosques (Üsküdar and Fatih Districts), Selimiye Mosque in Edirne Province, Çoban Mustafa Pasha Bridge in Svilengrad (Bulgaria), Sokollu Bridge in Visegrad over the Drina river (Bosnia), Koursoum Mosque or Osman Shah Mosque in Trikala (Greece), Al-Takiya Al-Suleimaniya in Damascus (Syria), Church of the Assumption in Uzundzhovo (Bulgaria), Khusruwiyah Mosque (Syria) and Oratory at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.