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

by Evliya Çelebi

SECTION XX.

Of the Dár-ul-hadíth, or Tradition Schools.

The traditions are read at all the Imperial mosques according to the principles of Moslem and Bokhárí. The schools built especially for that object are: the dár-ul-hadíth of Hasan Efendí, near Keskindeh; of Mollá Is’hák Chelebí, built A.H. 926; and of Dámád Mohammed Efendí, near the mosque of Sinán.

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