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Muradiye Complex

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Muradiye Complex
külliye, heritage
Part ofBursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire Edit
Year dem found am1426 Edit
CountryTurkey Edit
Edey de administrative territorial entity insydBursa Edit
Coordinate location40°11′27″N 29°2′46″E Edit
Architectural styleIslamic architecture Edit
Heritage designationpart of UNESCO World Heritage Site Edit
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De Muradiye Complex (Turkish: Muradiye Külliyesi) anaa de Complex of Sultan Murad II, de Ottoman sultan (he reign 1421–1451, plus interruption 1444–46), dey locate insyd Bursa, Turkey. Ebe part of de historic UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1]

History

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Na Sultan Murad II commission de mosque complex insyd Bursa dey contain twelve tombs (türbe), most dey belong to relatives of dis sultan.[2] Construction of de complex begin after de completion of de Yeşil Mosque, wich be insyd de eastern area of Bursa. A large earthquake insyd 1855 damage chaw of de Muradiye complex, wey na dem plete restorations insyd de late nineteenth century.[3] Na dem plete a further restoration project insyd 2015.[4]

De large complex dey compose of de Muradiye Mosque, Muradiye Madrasa, Muradiye Bath, Muradiye Hospice, a fountain, epitaphs, den chaw tombs, among odas: Sultan Murad II ein tomb, Şehzade Ahmed ein tomb, Cem Sultan ein tomb,[5] Şehzade Mustafa ein tomb, Mahidevran Hatun ein tomb, Gülşah Hatun ein tomb, Hüma Hatun ein tomb, Sittişah Hatun ein tomb, de Saraylilar ein tomb, den Şirin Hatun ein tomb.[6]

De eleven tombs wey remain dey belong to de rest of de sultan ein family to de south of de mosque den de madrasa. Dem be decorated plus polychrome glazed tiles mostly insyd blue, except for de tombs of Şehzade Mustafa den Mahidevran Hatun wich dem decorate insyd painted Iznik tiles from de 16th century insyd de polychrome technique.

Insyd de 1950s de madrasa cam turn a tuberculosis clinic wey now edey house a medical centre.[7]

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References

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  1. Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire". UNESCO World Heritage Centre (in English). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  2. Overview in: Richard H. Turnbull, “The Muradiye Complex in Bursa and the Development of the Ottoman Funerary Tradition,” PhD dissertation, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2004.
  3. On the 19th-century restorations, see: Beatrice St. Laurent, “Léon Parvillée: His Role as Restorer of Bursa’s Monuments after the 1855 Earthquake and his Contribution to the Exposition Universelle of 1867,” in l'Empire ottoman, la République de Turquie et la France, ed. Hâmit Batu and Jean-Louis Bacqué-Grammont. Istanbul: Isis, 1986, 247–282.
  4. "150 YILLIK SIVANIN ALTINDAN 550 YILLIK TARİH ÇIKTI | Haberler". www.bursa.bel.tr (in English). Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  5. "Sehzade Mustafa, Cihangir, Mehmed Tomb, Muhtesem Yuzyil". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.
  6. Richard H. Turnbull, “The Muradiye Complex in Bursa and the Development of the Ottoman Funerary Tradition,” PhD dissertation, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2004.
  7. "Muradiye Complex in Bursa, Turkey". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
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