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 "id": "event/selimiye-edirne-977",
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 "slug": "selimiye-edirne-977",
 "label": {
  "ar": "سنان يبني جامع السليمية بأدرنة",
  "en": "Sinan builds the Selimiye Mosque at Edirne",
  "ur": "معمار سنان کی ادرنہ میں سلیمیہ مسجد کی تعمیر"
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 "summary": {
  "ar": "بنى المعمار سنان جامع السليمية بأدرنة في الأعوام 1569-1575م للسلطان سليم الثاني الذي توفي قبل سنة من إتمامه، وعدّه سنان نفسه ذروة أعماله متفوقاً حتى على السليمانية بإستانبول {cite:freely-ottoman-architecture-2011 p. 73}. وقبته الكبرى أعلى من قبة آيا صوفيا بستة أذرع {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}.",
  "en": "The architect Sinan built the Selimiye mosque complex at Edirne in 1569-75 for Selim II, who died the year before it was completed; Sinan himself considered it the crowning achievement of his career, surpassing even the Süleymaniye in Istanbul {cite:freely-ottoman-architecture-2011 p. 73}. Its great dome stands six cubits higher than that of Ayasofya {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}.",
  "ur": "معمار سنان نے 1569-75ء میں سلیم ثانی کے لیے ادرنہ میں سلیمیہ مسجد بنائی جو اتمام سے ایک سال پہلے وفات پا گیا؛ سنان نے اسے اپنے فن کی عروج سمجھا یہاں تک کہ استنبول کی سلیمانیہ سے بھی افزیل {cite:freely-ottoman-architecture-2011 p. 73}۔ اس کا عظیم گنبد آیا صوفیا سے چھ ذرع بلند ہے {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}۔"
 },
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 "span": {
  "earliest": 1569.0006639424491,
  "latest": 1575.9987542522802
 },
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  "start": {
   "edtf": "1569",
   "hijri": "0977~",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "1569-1575م {cite:freely-ottoman-architecture-2011 p. 73}؛ الهجري مشتق."
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "1575",
   "hijri": "0982",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "اكتمل ٩٨٢هـ/١٥٧٤-١٥٧٥م حسب تأريخ البناء {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}."
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  "kind": "founding",
  "date": {
   "start": {
    "edtf": "1569",
    "hijri": "0977~",
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    "status": "tradition",
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    "note": "1569-1575م {cite:freely-ottoman-architecture-2011 p. 73}؛ الهجري مشتق."
   },
   "end": {
    "edtf": "1575",
    "hijri": "0982",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true,
    "note": "اكتمل ٩٨٢هـ/١٥٧٤-١٥٧٥م حسب تأريخ البناء {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}."
   }
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  "sources": [
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) p. 73; Encyclopaedia of Islam 2, vol. 2 EDIRNE, PDF p. 712 (harvest OCR)",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)",
   "model": "SWE-2 Medium",
   "run": "explorer-edirne"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "published",
   "completeness": 2,
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 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "بنى سنان جامع السليمية بأدرنة في الأعوام 1569-1575م لسليم الثاني، وعدّه ذروة أعماله {cite:freely-ottoman-architecture-2011 p. 73}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "شاهکار سنان",
     "markdown": "قبة الجامع التي تستند إلى ثمانية أعمدة أعلى بستة أذرع من قبة آيا صوفيا، وتحيط بها أربع مآذن ثلاثية الشرفات في أركان الفناء الأربعة {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}."
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     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Sinan built the Selimiye at Edirne in 1569-75 for Selim II, considering it the crowning achievement of his career {cite:freely-ottoman-architecture-2011 p. 73}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Sinan's masterwork",
     "markdown": "Its dome, resting on eight piers, stands six cubits higher than the dome of Ayasofya, and four three-balconied minarets rise at the four corners of the courtyard {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}."
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    "id": "event/selimiye-edirne-977",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "سنان نے 1569-75ء میں سلیم ثانی کے لیے ادرنہ میں سلیمیہ بنائی اور اسے اپنے فن کی عروج شمار کیا {cite:freely-ottoman-architecture-2011 p. 73}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سنان کی شاہکار",
     "markdown": "آٹھ ستونوں پر کھڑا اس کا گنبد آیا صوفیا کے گنبد سے چھ ذرع بلند ہے، اور صحن کے چاروں کونوں پر چار تین بالکنی والے مینار اٹھے ہیں {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}۔"
    }
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