Category Bursa mosques

Sağrıcı Sungur Masjid

According to Sharia court records, it is understood that this historic masjid was built in 1549 by Fatma Sultan, the sister of the 4th Ottoman Sultan, Yıldırım Bayezid Han. Records also indicate that its maintenance and repairs were overseen for…

UMURBEY MOSQUE

This mosque was built by Umur Bey in 1449 or 1451 during the reign of Murad II. Umur Bey, both a soldier and a scholar, was granted with the rank of a vizier during the reign of Murad Il.There is…

YEŞİL MOSQUE

The mosque, built by Çelebi Sultan Mehmed in 1419-1420, is one of the mosques with a plan containing “┴ ” (tabhane (Imaret and resting place)-zawlyah). Architecture Its architect is Vezir Hacı Ivaz Pasha. The embroidery was made by Nakkaş Ali…

Ertuğrul Bey Mosque

This mosque was built during the reign of Yıldırım Bayezid (1389-1402) for his son, Ertuğrul Bey. Ertuğrul Bey died in 1398 while serving as the governor of the Aydın district. His body was brought to Bursa and buried in the…

GAZI ORHAN BEY MOSQUE

This mosque, which is the central structure within Orhan Kulliye, was built by Orhan Bey in 1339. It is the first structure built extra muros after the conquest of Bursa. This structure, which represents one of the most important designs…

YIGIT CEDID MOSQUE

Neither the name of the sponsor of this mosque nor the date of its construction is clear, but it is believed to be built in the first half of the 15th century by Yigitoglu Hadji Ali, who also built “Yigit…

YILDIRIM MOSQUE

It was built by Yıldırım Bayezid at the end of the 14th century. It has a plan scheme defined as pointy (Inverted T) or tabhaneli (with private rooms). The mosque is considered as the most beautiful work of its era…

KARASEYH MOSQUE

It is not known on whose side the mosque, which was built in the 15th century, was built. However, it is among the rumors that the mosque took its name from Abdullah Efendi, nicknamed Kara Sheikh, who lived in the…

Grand Mosque

The fourth Sultan Yıldırım Bayazid built it. Sultan Şeyhül İslam Molla Fenari read the first sermon at the opening ceremony where Emir Sultan was also present and Hamidüddin from Aksaray called Somuncu Baba and made the first sermon. Shortly after…

NEW BEZZAZ MOSQUE

This mosque was built by a merchant called Bezzazzade Ahmet, and by-named İbn-i Bazergan, during the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror (1451-1481). Although being also known as ”Reyhan mosque” situated in the neighbourhood of the same name, the orginal ”Reyhan”…

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