Yakub Çelebi ( – 15 June 1389) was an Ottoman prince and the son of

Murad I Murad I ( ota, مراد اول; tr, I. Murad, Murad-ı Hüdavendigâr (nicknamed ''Hüdavendigâr'', from fa, خداوندگار, translit=Khodāvandgār, lit=the devotee of God – meaning "sovereign" in this context); 29 June 1326 – 15 Jun ...

Biography

He was educated from a young age and was accustomed to administrative and military education. He made a name for himself with his courage, heroism and benevolence and had been with his father

in all his wars. Both he and his brother Bayezid I fought well in the Battle of Kosovo, the last expedition of their father Murad I. During the battle, Yakub Çelebi led the left flank of the army and was subjected to the intense attack by Serbian prince Lazar. With the Serbian army in a bad position, Yakub pursued them. While this was happening, his father, Murad I, was assassinated by a Serbian soldier, variously identified as the knight

Miloš Obilić Miloš Obilić ( sr-cyr, Милош Обилић, ) was a legendary Serbian knight who is reputed to have been in the service of Prince Lazar during the Ottoman invasion of Serbia in the late 14th century. He is not mentioned in contemporary sou ...

. The throne was given to Bayezid with the agreement of the pashas.

Death and legacy

In the Ottoman Empire, there was no established heritage system for the crown, and to prevent a possible civil war between himself and Yakub, Bayezid decided to murder his brother. Yakub, on the order of his brother Bayezid, was strangled and killed. The failed rebellion and resultant civil war that their brother had earlier caused may have influenced Bayezid's decision to kill Yakub. Bayezid brought his brother's body to Bursa and buried it in a ceremony. There is no inscription about the tomb located in the northwest of the Yakub Çelebi Mosque in Iznik. The tomb of Yakub was buried in the Hüdavendigar Tomb in Bursa. Yakub Çelebi has a mosque in Iznik, a tomb and a

bath Bath may refer to: * Bathing, immersion in a fluid ** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body ** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe * Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities Plac ...