The Muradiye külliye at Bursa

كُلّية المرادية ببورصة

1424 CE · 827 AH – 1426 CE · 829 AH

Bursa

Murad II built the Muradiye külliye in 1424-1426 CE, the last imperial mosque complex erected in Bursa; besides the mosque it included a medrese, an imaret, the founder's türbe and later tombs 1.

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Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Anatolia

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

In space

Bursa

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Overview

Murad II built the Muradiye külliye in 1424-1426 CE, the last imperial mosque complex erected in Bursa. 1

The complex

Besides the mosque it included a medrese, an imaret, the founder's türbe and later tombs; Freely calls the Muradiye medrese the most beautiful to survive from its era. 1

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Occurred at
Muradiye Mosque, Bursa· Bursa
Had participant
Murad II
During the reign of
al-Mu'tadid bi-llah Dawud ibn al-Mutawakkil

People and things also explored

Conquest of Thessalonica· Murad II founds the Muradiye at Edirne· Siege of Constantinople (1422)· Yesil Mosque, Bursa· Ajlan ibn Thabit's Sack of Medina· Death of al-Maqrizi's last child, 826/1423· Return to Egypt and full-time scholarship, c. 820/1418· Al-Sakhawi first hears hadith from Ibn Hajar, by night with his father, 838/1434

Sources

  1. John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) , p. 49
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islam.museum contributors. “The Muradiye külliye at Bursa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/muradiye-kulliye-bursa-1424/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Conquest of Thessalonica

Thessalonica — after crushing the pretenders Manuel II had backed, Murad II moved on the city and stormed it in March 833/1431, making it permanently Ottoman in al-Sallabi's account.