{{short description|Mausoleum in Turkey}} {{Infobox religious building |building_name=Green Tomb |image=File:Yeşil_Türbe_01.jpg |caption=Green Tomb (Yeşil Türbe) |location={{flagicon|TUR}} [[Bursa]], [[Turkey]] |geo= |coordinates={{coord|40|10|53|N|29|04|29|E|type:landmark_region:TR|display=inline,title}} |religious_affiliation=[[Islam]] |rite= |region= |province= |district= |consecration_year= |status= |leadership= |website= |architect= |architecture_type=[[Türbe]] |architecture_style=[[Islamic architecture|Islamic]], [[Ottoman architecture]] |facade_direction= |year_completed=1421 |construction_cost= |capacity= |length= |width= |width_nave= |height_max= |dome_quantity= |dome_height_outer=25 m |dome_height_inner= |dome_dia_outer= |dome_dia_inner= |minaret_quantity= |minaret_height= |spire_quantity= |spire_height= |materials= stone, tiles, marble }}

The '''Green Tomb''' ({{langx|tr|Yeşil Türbe}}) is a mausoleum of the fifth [[Ottoman Dynasty|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.<ref>ArchNet.org - [http://archnet.org/library/parties/one-party.tcl?party_id=627 Biography of Haci Ivaz Pasha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311040525/http://archnet.org/library/parties/one-party.tcl?party_id=627 |date=2007-03-11 }}</ref>

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

==Architecture== [[File:Green_Tomb_-_Yeşil_Türbe_(6).jpg|280px|thumb|left|Green Mosque of Bursa]] Set amid cypresses on top of the hill in the Yeşil neighborhood in [[Bursa, Turkey|Bursa]], the mausoleum stands higher than the rest of the complex. It is built on a hexagonal plan and crowned with a hemi-spherical dome. The exterior of the mausoleum is clad with the green-blue tiles that give it its name. A majority of the tiles were replaced by contemporary [[Kütahya]] tiles following damage in the [[1855 Bursa earthquake]].<ref>[http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/ho/08/waa/hod_1998.246.htm Tile with arabesque decoration [Anatolia (Bursa)&#93; (1998.246) {{!}} Works of Art {{!}} Timeline of Art History {{!}} The Metropolitan Museum of Art<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The entry portal is crowned with a semi-umbrella vault and has [[muqarnas]] niches above marble seats on both side of the entrance. [[İznik]] tiles with flower patterns in blue, white and yellow adorn the portal.

Inside, past the carved wooden doors, the royal catafalque stands on a platform at the center surrounded by seven other tombs. It is richly decorated with scriptures and flower designs painted in yellow, white and blue [[Chinese glazed roof tile|glazed tiles]]. The lower section of walls is lined with blue-green tiles, also used in [[Tympanum (architecture)|tympana]] of windows on the interior. The muqarnas niche of [[mihrab]] on the [[qibla]] wall is also set in a large frame of ornamental tilework: the mosaic of tiles inside the niche depicts a garden of roses, carnations and [[Hyacinth (plant)|hyacinths]]. The [[chandelier]] and the colored glass windows are later additions. <gallery> File:Yesil Turbe 7786.jpg|Decoration above entrance File:Yesil Turbe 7782.jpg|Decoration on the wall File:Yesil Turbe 7746.jpg|Mihrab and part of dome File:Green Tomb 7487.jpg|Green Tomb from outside File:Green Tomb 7483.jpg|Above entrance to tomb File:Green Tomb 7475.jpg|Grave of Mehmet I File:Green Tomb 7471.jpg|Top side of grave of Mehmet I File:Green Tomb 7462.jpg|Grave of Mehmet I in the Green Tomb File:Hafsa_hatun,daye_hatun,ayşe_hatun_türbesi_bursa_yeşil_türbesi_-_panoramio.jpg File:Yeşil_Türbe_01.jpg File:Yeşil_Türbe_06.jpg File:Green_Tomb_-_Yeşil_Türbe_(13).jpg File:Green_Tomb_-_Yeşil_Türbe_(19).jpg </gallery>

==See also== * [[Ali Tabrizi]]

==Notes== {{reflist}}

==References== * {{cite web|url=http://archnet.org/sites/1918 | title=Green Tomb, Bursa, Turkey |access-date=16 February 2015 | publisher=ArchNet.org}} * Baykal, Kazim. ''Bursa ve Anitlari''. Türkiye Anit Çevre Turizm Degerlerini Koruma Vakfi: 1982, Istanbul. (Edited reprint of original from 1950) . * Goodwin, Godfrey. ''A History of Ottoman Architecture''. Thames and Hudson: London, 1997 (reprint of 1971). * Gabriel, Albert. ''Une Capitale Turque, Brousse, Bursa''. Paris, E. de Boccard, 1958.

==External links== {{commons category|Green Tomb}} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205021922/http://www.waitmeturkey.com/green-tomb-bursa.html Green Tomb]}} * ArchNet.org - [https://web.archive.org/web/20050903172139/http://archnet.org/library/images/thumbnails.tcl?location_id=4276 Photos of the Green Tomb] * [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/bluetomb 70 pictures of the tomb]

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