▁Empire ▁with ▁many ▁examples ▁of ▁Ott oman ▁architecture ▁built . ▁In ▁a ▁practice ▁started ▁by ▁Mur ad ▁II ▁in ▁ 1 4 3 7 , ▁fifteen ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁dynast y , ▁including ▁two ▁among ▁the ▁most ▁notable , ▁namely ▁Me h med ▁II ▁and ▁Sü le yman ▁I , ▁held ▁the ▁administration ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁of ▁its ▁dependencies ▁in ▁sevent een ▁near - continu ous ▁periods ▁until ▁ 1 5 9 5 . ▁Although ▁the ▁san jak ▁of ▁Sar u han ▁officially ▁dep ended ▁on ▁the ▁e y alet ▁of ▁An ad olu ▁with ▁its ▁seat ▁in ▁K üt ah ya , ▁a ▁large ▁degree ▁of ▁aut onomy ▁was ▁left ▁to ▁the ▁princes ▁for ▁them ▁to ▁ac quire ▁the ▁experience ▁of ▁government . ▁This ▁practice ▁was ▁dis cont in ued ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 5 , ▁largely ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁growing ▁in security ▁in ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide , ▁prec ursor ▁of ▁J el ali ▁Revol ts , ▁and ▁a ▁violent ▁earth qu ake ▁de alt ▁a ▁severe ▁blow ▁to ▁the ▁Man isa ▁region ' s ▁prosper ity ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁▁ ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 7 0 0 , ▁Man isa ▁counted ▁about ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁tax pay ers ▁and ▁ 3 0 0 ▁p ious ▁found ations ▁( v ak ı f ) ▁sh ops , ▁was ▁ren owned ▁for ▁its ▁cot ton ▁mark ets ▁and ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁le ather ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁city . ▁Lar ge ▁parts ▁of ▁the