Sinan (disambiguation)
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Sinan can stand for:
- Mimar Koca Sinan ibn Abd al-Mannan aka Sinan, or Mimar Sinan, (April 15 1489 - July 17, 1588), Turkish architect.
- Atik Sinan aka Sinan the Old (d. 1471), also architect, born in Byzance,
- Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra (ca. 880 - 943 Bagdad), Arab doctor, mathematician and astronomer, and son of Thabit ibn Qurra.
- Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra, aka Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908 - 946 Bagdad), mathematician, and son of Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra.
- Sinan, China is a Chinese city (思南县) in the area of Tongren in the province Guizhou.
- Sinan was also the head of a group called the Assassins during the crusades.
[edit] Sinan Pasha
- Sinanüddin Fakih Yusuf Pasha (d. 1364), Ottoman first vizier between 1349-1364,
- Hoca Sinan Pasha (d. 1486), Ottoman erudite close to the sultans Mehmed II and Bayezid II.
- Sinan Pasha (Sinanüddin Yusuf Pasha) (d. 1553), Ottoman admiral,
- Sinan Pasha (Koca Sinan Pasha) (d. 1596), Ottoman militair and statesman born in Albania, governor of Egypt (1569), governor of Damascus (1590), Grand Vizir (1580-1581, then 1589-1591, then 1593-February 1595, then August 1595-November 1595, and November 1595 till his death).
- Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (1545-1605), Ottoman admiral and Grand Vizir in 1596
- Sinan Pasha Borovinic (Hadim Sinan Pasha) (d. 1517), Ottoman statesman, twice governor of Bosnia-Herzegovina, (1496-April 1499, later 1513-1514).