Building the Suleymaniye Mosque
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Mimar Sinar always felt destined for something greater than building bridges.
Mimar Sinar became the greatest military engineer of his day, but he always felt himself destined for something greater than being the builder of bridges and fortresses.
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Building the Suleymaniye Mosque
Clip: Episode 5 | 2m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Mimar Sinar became the greatest military engineer of his day, but he always felt himself destined for something greater than being the builder of bridges and fortresses.
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