Editing Mahmud I (section)

==Architecture==

Mahmud I started construction of the Cağaloğlu Bath, called Yeni Hamam, in the spring of 1740 on the site of Cağaloğlu Palace, which covers a large area. Foundation houses were built on the remaining empty lands and a neighborhood was established. The sultan opened the one in the courtyard of the [[Hagia Sophia Mosque]], the first of the three libraries it established in Istanbul, with a ceremony and made 4,000 volumes. In the library, Sahih-i Buharf reading of ten inhabitants every day was one of the conditions of the foundation. Mahmud also came to the Rosary Gate of Hagia Sophia several times, sat in the library and listened to the commentary of [[tafsir]]. The famine, which appeared due to the heavy winter, became increasingly heavier at the end of spring.{{sfn|Sakaoğlu|2015|p=315}}