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The founder of the Şeyh Fethullah complex at Gaziantep.
🔴 This record rests on an indirect source: the figure has no independent encyclopaedia article; what follows is the information given by the article on the complex he had built. The source says two things about him: his filiation and his being the founder of the complex.
In the words of the source, "the founder of the complex is Şeyh Fethullah, son of Şeyh Abdüllatif". That is, his father's name was Şeyh Abdüllatif, and he too bears the title "sheikh".
The period in which he lived is fixed by the construction dates of the complex: the building was put up in the 1550s, and the documents give the dates 23 Rajab 966 (1 May 1559) and 1 Ramadan 971 (13 April 1564).
His Tomb and Complex — The complex consists of a mosque, a lodge, a bathhouse, a medrese, a kastel (water structure), a graveyard and a house. The source records the building's fan-vault covering system and its Mamluk-influenced stone ornament as distinguishing features. The graveyard is part of the complex.
Differing Scholarly Views
🔴 The limit of this record is the limit of the source. What is in hand is an article on architecture, not an article of biography. The source gives no information about his place and date of birth, his education, his Sufi chain, the date of his death or the site of his grave; this is why those sections have not been opened in this record. The record will be expanded when an independent source is found.
The dating is indirect. The period in which he lived has been derived not from a record belonging to him but from the construction documents of the complex (966/1559 and 971/1564).
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) — Sevgi Parlak · vol. 39, pp. 52-54, entry “ŞEYH FETHULLAH KÜLLİYESİ”
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