Editing Murad I (section)

==Battle of Kosovo==
[[File:Sultan 1.Murat Turbesi 01.JPG|thumb|[[Tomb of Sultan Murad]] on Kosovo field]]
[[File:Sultan 1.Murat Turbesi 02.JPG|thumb|Tomb of Sultan Murad]]
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In 1389, Murad's army fought the Serbian Army and its allies under the leadership of Lazar at the [[Battle of Kosovo]].

There are different accounts from different sources about when and how Murad I was assassinated. The contemporary sources mainly noted that the battle took place and that both Prince Lazar and the Sultan lost their lives in the battle. The existing evidence of the additional stories and speculations as to how Murad I died were disseminated and recorded in the 15th century and later, decades after the actual event. One Western source states that during the first hours of the battle, Murad I was assassinated by Serbian nobleman and [[knight]] [[Miloš Obilić]] by knife.<ref>Helmolt, Ferdinand. ''The World's History'', p.293. W. Heinemann, 1907.</ref><ref>Fine, John. ''The Late Medieval Balkans'', p. 410. University of Michigan Press, 1994. {{ISBN|0-472-08260-4}}.</ref> Most Ottoman chroniclers (including [[Dimitrie Cantemir]])<ref>Cantemir, Dimitrie, '' History of the Growth and Decay of the Osman Ottoman Empire'', London 1734.{{page needed|date=November 2016}}</ref> state that he was assassinated while he was inspecting the battlefield after the battle had finished. His older son [[Bayezid I|Bayezid]], who was in charge of the left wing of the Ottoman forces, took charge after that. His other son, [[Yakub Çelebi|Yakub Bey]], who was in charge of the other wing, was called to the Sultan's command center tent by Bayezid, but when Yakub Bey arrived he was strangled, leaving Bayezid as the sole claimant to the throne.

In a letter from the Florentine senate (written by [[Coluccio Salutati]]) to the King [[Tvrtko I of Bosnia]], dated 20 October 1389, Murad I's (and Yakub Bey's) killing was described. A party of twelve Serbian lords slashed their way through the Ottoman lines defending Murad I. One of them, allegedly [[Miloš Obilić]], had managed to get through to the Sultan's tent and kill him with sword stabs to the throat and belly.<ref>{{cite book|author=Wayne S. Vucinich, Thomas A. Emmert|title=Kosovo: Legacy of a Medieval Battle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NMR9mgEACAAJ|year=1991|publisher=University of Minnesota|isbn=9789992287552 }}</ref>{{page needed|date=November 2016}}

Murad's internal organs were buried in Kosovo field and remain to this day on a corner of the battlefield in a location called ''[[Tomb of Sultan Murat|Meshed-i Hudavendigar]]'' which has gained a religious significance for the local Muslims. It was vandalized between 1999 and 2006 and was renovated recently.{{When|date=November 2022}} His other remains were carried to [[Bursa]], his [[Anatolia]]n capital city, and were buried in a tomb at the complex built in his name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sultanmurad.com/|title=Meşhed-i Hüdavendigar – www.sultanmurad.com|language=tr|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref>