Green Tomb

Green Tomb
Green Tomb (Yeşil Türbe)
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationTurkey Bursa, Turkey
Geographic coordinates40°10′53″N 29°04′29″E / 40.18139°N 29.07472°E / 40.18139; 29.07472
Architecture
TypeTürbe
StyleIslamic, Ottoman architecture
Completed1421
Specifications
Dome height (outer)25 m
Materialsstone, tiles, marble

The Green Tomb (Turkish: Yeşil Türbe) is a mausoleum of the fifth Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed I, in Bursa, Turkey. It was built by Mehmed's son and successor Murad II following the death of the sovereign in 1421. The architect Hacı Ivaz Pasha designed the tomb and the Yeşil Mosque opposite to it.[1]

In addition to the sultan's sarcophagus, it contains seven other tombs: those of his sons Mustafa, Mahmud and Yusuf, his daughters Selçuk, Ayşe and Sitti and his wet nurse (Daye Hatun).

  1. ^ ArchNet.org - Biography of Haci Ivaz Pasha Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine

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