Full Description
This is an annotated translation of what is perhaps the most important Ottoman literary source for the Islamic monuments of the Ottoman capital, Istanbul: Hafız Hüseyin bin Ismail Ayvansarayî's Hadikat al-Cevami (The Garden of Mosques). Long recognized by Turkish scholars as a unique source for the city's architecture and urban form, the text, which was completed in 1195/1780 and revised and enlarged between 1248/1832-33 and 1253/1838 by Ali Sati, contains separate descriptions of each of Istanbul's more than 800 mosques, plus accounts of its medreses, tombs, tekkes and other monuments.
The annotations place each of these buildings within the city's urban plan and provide biographical information about the patrons, architects and other personalities mentioned in the text. An introductory essay gives an account of Ayvansarayî's life and works, describes the various manuscript versions of the text and reviews the cartographic resources available for the study of Istanbul's urban form.
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Note on Translation and Transcription
Introduction
VOLUME ONE
Ali Satı's Preface: The Garden of Mosques
Ayvansarayî's Introduction: The Garden of Mosques
The Imperial Mosques
Account of the Other Mosques of Istanbul
The Mosques Outside the Walls of Istanbul and Along the Upper Reaches of the Golden
Horn
VOLUME TWO
The Mosques of Kasımpaşa, Galata and the European Shore of the Lower Bosphorus
The Mosques of the Upper Bosphorus
The Mosques of Üsküdar and Its Environs
Glossary
Works Cited
Index of Mosques, Medreses, Tekkes, Tombs and Other Monuments
Index of Personal Names, Titles and Terms
