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Osman Bedreddin al-Erzurumi (İmam Efendi)

İmam Efendi

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Born in the Abdurrahman Ağa quarter of Erzurum, he became known as “İmam Efendi” because he served as a battalion imam during his military years. A Naqshbandi-Khalidi shaykh, he was a successor (khalifa) of Mahmud Sâminî Paluvî and a leading figure of the Sâminî branch, leaving works such as “Gülzâr-ı Sâminî.” Retiring from military service in 1909, he settled in Harput, holding his gatherings in the Kurşunlu Mosque. He died in Harput and was buried in his türbe in the Meteris Cemetery. (Birth/death years vary across sources — 1856/1858 and 1922/1924 — and are therefore omitted.)

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