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A Nakşibendî-Hâlidî sheikh; a guide who played a decisive part in the spread of the Hâlidiyya in eastern Anatolia. He is known by the nisba Nurşînî and the epithet Seydâ.
He was born in 1831 in the district of Şirvan in Siirt. His ancestors are traced to a line that settled in the region after Hulagu's capture of Baghdad in 1258. His father was Molla Mahmûd and his mother Meyâsin Hanım.
He studied under such well-known scholars as Molla Abdüssamed and Molla Ziyâeddin Arvâsî; he then taught at the medrese of Ispahart.
His Sufi journey has three stations: he first entered the Rifâiyya, then became a disciple of the Qādirî master Abdülbârî Çarçâhî, and finally was initiated into the Nakşibendiyya-Hâlidiyya through Sıbgatullah Arvâsî.
At his master's direction he settled, after the pilgrimage, in the town of Nurşin (Güroymak) in Bitlis; through his efforts the Hâlidiyya spread rapidly in the region.
He died in 1886 at Nurşin.
His Circle of Influence — The source records that he contributed significantly to the religious, moral, cultural and military protection of the region's inhabitants and that he encouraged the people to jihad during the Ottoman-Russian wars; for this the Ottoman state awarded him the Mecîdî medal of the third degree. Among his prominent deputies are Muhammed Sâmi Erzincânî and İbrâhim Çokreşî. After his death the chain was carried on by his son Muhammed Ziyâeddin (d. 1923).
His Works — 1. Mektûbât. A compilation of the letters he wrote to his disciples. 2. İşârât. It contains his teachings and the principles of the Hâlidî path.
Differing Scholarly Views
A road map through three orders. The Rifâiyya first, then the Qādiriyya, and finally the Nakşibendiyya-Hâlidiyya. The atlas does not present him by his last affiliation alone; a Sufi's path may not be summed up in a single name.
The record of descent is an attribution. It is related that his ancestors settled in the region after Hulagu's conquest of Baghdad in 1258; the source does not tie this to a document.
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) — Adnan Memduhoğlu · vol. EK-2, pp. 571-572, entry “TÂHÎ, Abdurrahman”
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