Cafer Efendi

by Crane, Howard

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Cafer (Caʿfer) Efendi (b. c. 1570/977–8; d. after 1623/1032–3) was an Ottoman writer who authored an account of the life and works of the ser mimaran-ı hassa ( ser-miʿmārān-i khāṣṣa , chief imperial architect) Sedefkar Mehmed Ağa (Ṣedefkār Meḥmed Agha, d. 1032/1622–3), entitled Risāle-i miʿmāriyye (Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi, Istanbul, Yeni Yazma 339), dating to 1023/1614. Little is known of the author beyond what is found in his book. Although he does not identify his place of origin, h…

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Cafer (Caʿfer) Efendi (b. c. 1570/977–8; d. after 1623/1032–3) was an Ottoman writer who authored an account of the life and works of the ser mimaran-ı hassa ( ser-miʿmārān-i khāṣṣa , chief imperial architect) Sedefkar Mehmed Ağa (Ṣedefkār Meḥmed Agha, d. 1032/1622–3), entitled Risāle-i miʿmāriyye (Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi, Istanbul, Yeni Yazma 339), dating to 1023/1614. Little is known of the author beyond what is found in his book. Although he does not identify his place of origin, he does say

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1583

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eng Islam

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Crane, Howard

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