Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. I

by Evliya Çelebi

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.

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