Мимар Синан — разлика између измена

Прву Синанову биографију написао је турски књижевник и сликар Мустафа Сај Челеби, савременик и лични пријатељ Синанов. Ова биографија појавила се одмах након Синанове смрти, [[1588]]. године. У њој се каже да је Синан рођен у [[Кајсери (вилајет)|Кајсерији]] у [[Кападокија|Кападокији]]. По различитим изворима тврде да је пореклом Јермен,{{sfn|Fletcher|2005|p=138}}<ref name="SAE">Zaryan, ''Sinan'', Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. стр. 385.</ref><ref>Kouymjian, Dickran. "Armenia from the Fall of the Cilician Kingdom (1375) to the Forced Emigration under Shah Abbas (1604)." in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times, Volume II: Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century''. [[Richard G. Hovannisian]] (ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. {{page|year=1997|isbn=978-0-312-10168-8|pages=13}}</ref><ref name="Alboyajian1937">Alboyajian (1937), vol. 2. стр. 1533-34.</ref>{{sfn|Jackson|1913|p=143}}{{sfn|Sitwell|1939|p=74}} Албанац<ref name=Cragg>{{harvnb|Cragg|1991|p=120}}</ref><ref>{{Cite booksfn|title=The Beirut review, Issue 3|last= al-Lubnānī lil-Dirāsāt |first=Markaz |authorlink= |year=1992|publisher=Lebanese Center for Policy Studies |location= |id=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cf26AAAAIAAJ&q=sinan+albanian+origin&dq=sinan+albanian+origin&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i458T9SdJo_R4QSvxLHlDA&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCTgo |accessdate = 5. 4. 2012. |pages=113}}</ref><ref name=Brown>{{cite book|title=Indian architecture: (The Islamic period)|last=Brown|first=Percy |authorlink= |year=1942|publisher=Taraporevala Sons|location= |id=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-VOAAAAYAAJ&q=the+fame+of+the+leading+Ottoman+architect,+Sinan,+having+reached+his+ears,+he+is+reported+to+have+invited+certain+pupils+of+this+Albanian+genius+to+India+to+carry+out+his+architectural+schemes.&dq=the+fame+of+the+leading+Ottoman+architect,+Sinan,+having+reached+his+ears,+he+is+reported+to+have+invited+certain+pupils+of+this+Albanian+genius+to+India+to+carry+out+his+architectural+schemes.&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SyWyT__ZCsjOswb_y4C9Bg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA| quote=… the fame of the leading Ottoman architect, Sinan, having reached his ears, he is reported to have invited certain pupils of this Albanian genius to India to carry out his architectural schemes.|pagesp=94}}</ref> или Грк.<ref>Talbot, Hamlin ''Architecture Through the Ages''. University of Michigan. стр. 208.</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Moravcsik|Rosenbaum|2009|p=275}}</ref><ref name="Goodwin, Godfrey 1971 199">{{harvnb|Goodwin|1971|p=199}}</ref><ref name=" Rogers, J. M. 2006 ">{{citeCite book|author= Rogers, J. M. |title= Sinan: Makers of Islamic Civilization. |publisher= I.B.Tauris: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies |year=2006|page=backcover |isbn= 978-1-84511-096-3 |quote=(Sinan) He was born in Cappadocia, probably into a Greek Christian family. Drafted into the Janissaries during his adolescence, he rapidly gained promotion and distinction as a military engineer. }}</ref>

* {{Cite book|ref= harv|title=The Beirut review, Issue 3|last= al-Lubnānī lil-Dirāsāt |first=Markaz |authorlink= |year=1992|publisher=Lebanese Center for Policy Studies |location= |id=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cf26AAAAIAAJ&q=sinan+albanian+origin&dq=sinan+albanian+origin&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i458T9SdJo_R4QSvxLHlDA&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCTgo |accessdate = 5. 4. 2012. |pages=113}}