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the sources name his office under Suleiman
he was an architect, not a sultan
he was a builder, not a traveller
he was an architect, not a philosopher
the sources give his works'' count
three hundred far exceeds ten
he built hundreds, not one
he is counted the Ottomans'' greatest builder
he built the first in Istanbul, the second in Edirne
al-Aqsa and the Prophet''s predate him by centuries
al-Qarawiyyin and al-Azhar predate him
the Kaaba is in Mecca, not his building
he built her there and counted her his masterpiece
the Suleymaniye is in Istanbul, not the Selimiye
the Selimiye is in Turkey, not Egypt
the Selimiye is in Anatolia, not Syria
the sources have him start in the military arm
he was a soldier before building, not a merchant
he was a janissary, not a farmer
he was military then architect
the sources have him join the two architectures in one work
he joined Byzantine and Islamic, not Chinese
he joined and created, not copied
he joined Byzantine and Islamic, not pharaonic
the sources record his death and grave
that is the Suleymaniye''s completion, not his death
that is about a century after his death
he died in the sources
the sources name his varied works in Anatolia
he built buildings, not ships
aircraft did not exist in his age
the sources name bridges, baths and schools
his works stayed the city''s landmarks in the sources
he advanced architecture, not invented
he served sultans, not was one
his mosques stay Istanbul''s landmarks
his biography and his works'' endowment records reach us
his biographies and endowment records document him
Ottomans and Europeans wrote of him
the Abbasids were seven centuries earlier
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