{"id":1019,"date":"2017-08-29T03:08:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T03:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/issendai.com\/tereke\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:58:02","slug":"mustafa-bey-the-architect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/tereke\/estate-inventory\/mustafa-bey-the-architect\/","title":{"rendered":"Mustafa Bey, the Architect"},"content":{"rendered":"

The architect Mustafa Bey wasn’t only professionally successful, he was a roaring success as a father as well. In an age when one to three children was average and childlessness was common, he had five surviving children. Both of his sons had reached positions of respect;\u00a0\u0130brahim had the title “Efendi,” a courtesy title given to men who had been educated at a religious school (medrese<\/em>), and\u00a0\u0130smail styled himself “\u00c7elebi,” or “gentleman.”<\/p>\n