مِعْمارْباشي — موسوعة TDV الإسلامية ⁦(شرف الدين توران)⁩

مِعْمارْباشي — موسوعة TDV الإسلامية ⁦(شرف الدين توران)⁩

The TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi entry 'MİMARBAŞI' (chief architect) by Şerafettin Turan (vol. 30, Ankara 2020, pp. 90–91). It describes the Hassa Architects' Office of the palace: its duties, how its head was appointed, his pay and fees, the number of members, provincial architects, and the reforms of 1831 to 1839.