What is a Date Duration Calculator? A Date Duration Calculator is a free online tool designed to automatically compute the exact amount of time between two specific dates. Whether you need to find the total number of days, weeks, or…
Sultan Abdülhamid I, an Ottoman emperor, was the son of Sultan Ahmed III and Rabia Şermi Sultan. He ascended to the throne on January 21, 1774, at the age of forty-nine. Sultan Abdülhamid I commissioned the Hamidiye Complex, which is…
The mosque, designed by Mimar Sinan, is a structure built on the scale of a neighborhood mosque, where simplicity is at the forefront. The original name of the mosque is recorded as “Çavuşbaşı Mescidi.” It is listed as the 186th…
What is Tezkiretü’l-Bünyân? Tezkiretü’l-Bünyân (The Book of Buildings) is the most significant biographical source in which Mimar Sinan, the Chief Architect of the Ottoman Empire, narrates his life and works in his own words. Penned by Sinan’s close friend, the…
The waqf epitaph board mounted on the wall of Umurbey” Mosque reveals that this hamam, or public bath, was donated by Umur Bey to his mosque, prior to 1440. Umur Bey was the son of Kara Timurtash Pasha, one of…
With the support of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, an old silk factory was restored and opened to visitors on 28 June 2002 by Tofaş. Many examples from the first wheeled car built 2600 years ago to the latest model cars of…
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…
This mausoleum is the mausoleum of Gazi Umur (Omur) Bey who died in 1461.Umur Bey was the son of Kara Timurtash Pasha, a brother in arms of Osman Gazi. He had four brothers, Yahshi, Ali, Mehmed, Oruç, and Mahmud. He…
According to the mosque’s inscription, this edifice was built by Kanuni Sultan Suleyman (Solomon the Magnificent) in 1522 A.D. / 929 A.H. in the name of his father Yavuz Sultan Selim. The mosque is in the centre of a complex…
Born in 1470, Yavuz Sultan Selim was the ninth Ottoman sultan. He was the son of Sultan Bayezid II and Gülbahar Hatun. Having received a good education in the palace, he engaged in struggles with his brothers, Şehzade Korkut and…