Author
The builder of the shrine: Ali bin Hussein.
Author Original
البنَّاء للضريح علي بن حسين
Publication Date
End of the 8th/14th century
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID
monument;ISL;tr;Mon01;14;ar
Library Location
Bursa, Türkiye
Date
End of the 8th/14th century
Notes
The complex is located at the top of a relatively steep plateau in the Yildirim district adjacent to Bursa. Today, five intact buildings remain: the mosque, the school, the Shifa House, the bathhouse, and the shrine. As for the hospice and the cabin, they no longer exist. The buildings are known to have been subjected to significant damage, especially following the earthquake of 1270 / 1855. It is worth noting that the random layout of the buildings appears to be a result of the topography of the site. Located at the highest point of the plateau, the mosque was built of square stone carved in the 'mosque with guest hall' style. It consists of a prayer hall, an inner courtyard, an iwan on each side, and two reception rooms located to the north and south of the two iwans. On the northern side, there is a corridor of five spaces. The two guest rooms are covered by angled, paneled vaults. The two small rooms on either side of the entrance are covered by cross vaults. The other rooms are covered with domes. A minaret was later added to the building at the northern end of the western wall, due to the collapse of the two minarets located in the northeastern and northwestern corners. The madrasa is located approximately 30 meters northwest of the mosque, and was built of stone and brick. It consists of rooms distributed on the three sides of the courtyard, and a classroom hall that extends outside the southern wall. There are galleries on the three sides of the courtyard. The smallest building in the complex is the mausoleum of Sultan Bayezid I, who died after being defeated and captured by Timur in the Battle of Ankara in the year 805 / 1402. The mausoleum is located approximately 30 meters north of the mosque. It is cubic in shape and covered by a single dome. To the north of the shrine there is a corridor with three domed spaces. The walls of the shrine are covered with single rows of carved square stone, alternating with double rows of bricks. The bath is located approximately 100 meters northwest of the mosque, and its plan includes a heated hall consisting of two private rooms. There is a changing room covered by a single dome, and this room leads to the warm hall and from there to the hot hall. Amadar Al-Shifa is approximately 300 meters northeast of the mosque. It consists of a courtyard with an approximate area of 17.60 x 36.00 metres, surrounded by a group of rooms. There are corridors occupying the two long sides of the courtyard, covered by barrel vaults. The large space opposite the entrance is domed, while the other rooms are covered with barrel vaults. There is a dense decoration of carved stone on the outer walls of the mosque as well as on the entrance facade of the madrasa. There are molded plaster decorations decorating the fireplaces and cabinets in the guest rooms located to the southeast and southwest of the mosque. While geometric shapes of brick and stone decorate the arches of the school’s windows and the small niches of the iwan at the entrance to the Shifa House. There is a small area of decorative tiles that can be seen in the reception hall to the north of the mosque and on the arch of the window of the western wall of the iwan of the school classroom.
Sample Text
"Yildirim Complex" within Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;tr;Mon01;14;ar
