Presenting his observations on his visit to the Tomb of Osman Gazi in May the 27When I examined closely some of the blocks of stone, I noticed the fine stonework and crosses in relief on nearly all columns.
It is evident that the situation confirms what has been related by von Warsberg and other travelers and that the names of the owners of the coffins in the tombs were not carefully preserved.
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In our estimation, the vestibule-that is the narthex-was a later accretion when it was made into a chapel. There are seventeen coffins in this eight-sided tomb.
It is, therefore, a certainty that the Tomb of Orhan Gazi was constructed on the site of a former Byzantine church.Osman Gazi and Orhan Gazi, the founders of the Ottoman dynasty, were laid for their final rest in two ancient Byzantine structures, which underwent drastic alteration or were even completely rebuilt after the earthquake of 1855. It is impossible to accept as truth the report that the domes of the tombs were covered with silver gilt until this fire, which also burned the Hisar mosque.
Adjoining the monastery, there is a chapel which also contains the graves of a number of people. But Lubenau indicates that there was another chapel adjacent to the former Byzantine church and that this was where Osman Gazi was lying and that the tombs of his wife, one son and twenty-six women and children and Orhan’s son, İbrahim, were in this tomb.Despite the fact that Evliya Çelebi toured Bursa in the month of Muharrem 1050 H. (1640) and generally provides information of value regarding the structures he visits, he offers no sound comments on his “Visit to Osman Han Gazi” and is merely content to state that Orhan Gazi is buried in a “tomb filled with spiritual light in the mosque of the inner citadel.” At another point in his memoirs, Evliya Çelebi makes brief mention of the Mosque of Orhan as follows: “This mosque each side of which measures 110 feet has a multi-layered minaret and Orhan Gazi is buried here.” It is apparent that Evliya Çelebi is referring not to the mosque with cloister cell in town, but rather to the one within the citadel.
In the ruins, we encountered a number of open graves. As related by the chronicler Aşıkpaşazade, the long-desired outcome of the extended siege mounted by Orhan Bey was expressed by Osman Bey in his will where he stated, “Son, when I die, let me be laid to rest beneath the Silver Dome in Bursa.” The Silver (Gümüşlü) Dome was a Byzantine structure situated on an elevated site in Bursa, whose dome was visible from afar and the glimmer of whose lead-covered dome glittered in the sunlight. The synthronos, which have been noted by a number of travelers, were, as it is known, found in the church of the city’s archbishop and reserved for the archbishop and high-ranking clergy. A drum and a rosary of extraordinary dimensions that had been sent by the Konya Sultan Alâüddin to the Ottoman sultan in recognition of his legitimacy were preserved here. Besides Orhan Gazi, the names of Kasım, his son, and Şehzade Korkud (d.1513), the son of Bayezid II are inscribed. The interior is richer; it is very well maintained and covered with valuable carpets.Both of the current tombs were erected by Sultan Abdülaziz in 1868 (1280 H.) as indicated in the History by Nevres where the inscription on Osman Gazi’s tomb has been given.
Further this matter is supported by the forms of the tombs that were built during the reign of Sultan Abdülaziz.Without a doubt, with the aim of continuing an ancient tradition, the tomb of Osman Gazi is on an octagonal plan and Orhan Gazi’s tomb with a dome supported by four columns was on a rectangular plan.
Poor and insipid tombs have been built in place of the church vault. This would suggest that the building was originally a baptistery or more likely, a martyrium.
This brief study was intended to collect and analyze, so far as possible, the sources containing information on the tombs of Osman and Orhan Gazi.
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