A notice on site indicates the mausoleum (across the road from the mosque) more or less follows the original plan. It contains the body of Murat I, the sultan who was killed after winning the battle in Serbia at Kosovo. An inscription above the entrance records a restoration in 1741 and another following the earthquake in 1855. It also mentions some metalwork and a kuran sent by Sultan Berkuk are now in the Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi of Bursa.

On the picture: The cenotaph sarcophagus of Murat I, surrounded by a brass grid and covered with velvet, which is adorned with gold thread embroidery. It stands in the very center of the mausoleum, under a small dome that is supported by eight pillars. The murals and the capitals of the pillars (decorated with leaves of the plumeless thistle) date from the early-19th century restoration; they are examples of the 19th century late-Ottoman ‘Turkish Baroque’, which was influenced by European Neo-Classicism (and more specifically here by the French ‘Nouvel Empire’ style).

Along with Murat I, seven members of his family are buried here: his son Yakup Çelebi, his grandson Süleyman Çelebi, the latter’s son Orhan, Sultan Beyazıt Yıldırım’s son Musa Çelebi and Şehzade (Prince) Mehmed. The last two sarcophagi have not been identified.
The two smaller sarcophagi on this picture belong to Süleyman Çelebi (on the right) and Orhan (on the left).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Vakıf Abideler ve eski Eserler (volume III)’ - Vakıflar Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara 1983 .