Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. IEvliya Çelebi
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Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. I
Evliya Çelebi
Caucasus, South -- Description and travel; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel; Turkey -- History
The colleges of Kadhí Mahmúd Efendí; of Murád Páshá; of Dávud Páshá;
of old Alí Páshá; of Mesíh Páshá; of Rustam Páshá; of Chevízádeh;
of Kapenkejí; of Báshjí Ibrahím Beg; of Altí-marmar; of Nishánjí
Mohammed Beg; of Kúrekjí-báshí; of Kara Pírí Páshá, near Soúk-koyú;
of Afzal Zádeh; of Mardumíeh, near the Kizil Maslak; of Mollá Kúrání,
the khoájeh of Sultán Mohammed II.: being offended with the Sultán he
left him and went to Egypt, but subsequently returned at the Sultán’s
request, and was present at the siege of Constantinople; the college of
Revání, an eloquent man of the time of Sultáns Selím I. and Soleïmán,
a native of Adrianople, and was buried near the Kirk Cheshmeh (Forty
Fountains) before his own mosque; the college of Etmekjí Zádeh Ahmed
Páshá, the Defterdár of Sultán Ahmed I.; of Sunnat Khatún; of Fatima
Sultáneh; of Uch Básh (three heads); of Núr-ad-dín Hafr, within the
Adrianople gate, built by Sinán; of Farrúkh Kehiyá; of Mená; of
Ak-hesám-ad-dín, near the bath of Sultán Selím; of old Ibrahím Páshá;
of Khásekí Sultán; of Kahriéh, built by Sinán; of Khásekí, in the
women-market, also built by Sinán, at the expense of Sultán Soleïmán;
of the Válideh of Sultán Othmán II. near the Ak-seráï; of Makbúl Ahmed
Páshá; of Iskender Páshá; of Súfí Mohammed Páshá; of Ibrahím Páshá,
near the Isá-kapú (gate of Jesus); of Ja’far Aghá; of the Treasurer,
Ahmed Aghá; of Moavil Emír; of Omm-valad; of the Kádhí Asker Dervísh
Efendí; of Khoajehkí Zádeh, near the Sultán Mohammed II.; of Aghá
Zádeh; of Defterdár Abd us-salám Beg; of Tútí Kádhí; of Sháh Kúlí Hakím
Mohammed Chelebí; of Husain Chelebí; of Emír Sinán Chelebí; of Daraghán
Yúnus; of Kárjí Soleïmán; of Hárjí Khatún; of Defterdár Sherífeh Zádeh;
of Kádhi Hakím Chelebí; of Bábá Chelebí; of Germástí Zádeh; of Segbán
Alí; of Bezestán Kehiyásí; of Kowájilar; of Imám Zádeh; and of Kor
Ahmed Páshá. Fifty of these colleges were built in the time of Sultáns
Selím I. and Soleïmán, by the famous architect Sinán.
SECTION XVIII.
_Of the Dár-ul-kirá of Constantinople._
Each grand mosque has a _dár-ul-kirá_, or school for the reading of
the Korán, the most remarkable of which is the _dár-ul-kirá_ of Sultán
Soleïmán. Those of Khosrou Kehiyá, near the mosque of Etmekjí Zádeh
Ahmed Páshá; of Sa’dí Chelebí; of Muftí Zádeh; and of Bosnalí Ahmed
Páshá, were all built by the celebrated architect Sinán.
SECTION XIX.
_Of the Mekteb, or Boys’ Schools._
Each imperial mosque has a school attached to it. There are besides
these, the schools of Kara Mustafá Páshá, opposite the monument of the
same name: it is a large establishment; the school of Khosrou Páshá,
near the Yeníbághcheh; of Aghá Kapú-sí, near the mosque of Sultán
Soleïmán, which is attended by three or four hundred boys; of Pápás
Oghlí, near the corn-market; of Aáshik Páshá; of Alí Jemálí, at Zírek;
and of Mohammed Páshá, in the quarter of Khoájeh Páshá.
SECTION XX.
_Of the Dár-ul-hadíth, or Tradition Schools._
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