This is the Murat I mosque.

Also called: ‘Hüdavendigâr Camii’ (Mosque of the Monarch), reflecting the imperial longings of Murat I (1362-1389). He built this mosque in 1363, at the request of his mother Nilüfer Hatun. It had to be rebuilt (around 1420) after its destruction during the 1413 Karamanoğlu attack against Bursa (during the civil war between the sons of Sultan Bayezid I). In 1855 an earthquake brought down the dome; in 1906 a coprehensive restoration of the mosque took place.

On the picture: The prayer hall of the mosque, having the ‘inversed T’ ground plan, which is typical for the early Ottoman mosques in Bursa.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Islamic Architecture: Ottoman Turkey’ (Godfrey Goodwin) – London 1977
& ‘Türkye Tarihi Yerler Kılavuzu’ – M.Orhan Bayrak, Inkılâp Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1994.