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Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English. 217, [1] p., color and b/w ills., 9 folding plans and maps. Sinan's water supply system in Istanbul. e.; Tugra of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.; Sinan's Tomb and Its Inscription.; The civilization of Water and Greenery: Recep Tayyip Erdogan Mayor of Greater Istanbul Municipality.; Water And Art: D. Veysel Eroglu.; Director General Istanbul Water and Sewage Disposal Administration.; preface. Water Supply System of Istanbul in the Late Roman and Byzantine Period. Raman and Byzantine Period 1.2. Documents on the Byzantine Period.; The Period of Suleiman the Magnificent and the Water Demand of Istanbul. 2.1 A General View of the Period of Suleiman the Magnificent 2.2.The Population of Istanbul at the Time of Suleiman the Magnificent and the Water Demand of the City 2.3. The Ottoman Water Supply Systems Built in Istanbul Before the Kirkcesme System 2.4. Sinan's Life 2.5. Sources of Information on the Construction of the Kirkcesme System 2.5.1. Architect Sinan and the Search for A Solution to the Water shortage in Istanbul at the Time of Suleiman the Magnificent 2.5.12 The Description of the Construction of the Kirkcesme Water System by Architect Sinan in Tezkiretü'l-Bünyan 2.5.2. Destruction of the Kirkcesme Water Supply by the Flood of 1563 2.5.3. Aqueducts Demolished by Floods (Topkapi Museum Archives E. 12005) 2.5.4. The Cost of the Kirkcesme System. III. The Kirkcesme Water Supply System Outside the City and the Water Supply Line 3.1. The Water Supply Line of the Kirkçesme System and the Related Documents 3.1.1. The East Branch of the Kirkcesme Water Supply Line. 3.1.2. The West Branch of the Kirkçesme Water Supply Line 3.1.3. Bashavuz (Mainpool) 3.1.4. The Water Supply Line from Bashavuz to Güzelcekemer Aqueduct 3.1.5. Cebecikoy Branch 3.1.6. The Water Supply Line from the Güzelcekemer (Gozlüce-Gonince) Aqueduct to the Egrikapi Distribution Chamber 3.2. Additional Lines of the Kirkcesme System 3.3. Monumental Aqueducts 3.3.1. The Uzunkemer Aqueduct 3.3.2. The Kovukkemer or Kirkkemer Aqueduct 3.3.3. The Maglova or Muallak "Suspended" Aqueduct 3.3.4. The Gozlücekemer or Güzelcekemer Aqueduct 3.4. Dams of the Kirkcesme System 3.4.1. Topuz Dam (Karanlik Dam, Komürcü Dam, Osmanli Dam) 3.4.2. The Büyük Dam (Belgrade Dam, Big Belgrade Dam) 3.4.3. The Kirazli Dam 3.4.4. The Ayvad Dam 3.4.5. The Cebecikoy Dam (Ahmed HI Dam) IV. The City Network and Fountains of the Kirkcesme Waters 4.1. General Information 4.2. City Distribution Network 4.2.1. Galleries4.2.2. The Service Regions of Kirkcesme 4.2.3. Main Distribution Chambers . 4.2.31. Savaklar (Egrikapi) Distribution Chamber 4.2.32. The Tezgahcilar Distribution Chamber 4.2.33. The Eyüp, Azaplar, Sulukule, Hagia Sophia Distribution Chambers 4.3. Documents Referring to the Distribution of the City Waters 4.3.1. The Distribution Book of the Kirkcesme and Kagithane Waters of Istanbul . Written by Architect Sinan in 976 H. (A.D. 1568-69) 4.3.2. The 1127 H. (A.D. 1715) Distribution Scheme of the Kutce§me Waters of Istanbul.