Atpazari Osman Fazli Efendi (Kutub Osman)

Atpazarî Osman Fazlı was one of the leading Sufis of the 17th-century Ottoman world, a shaykh of the Celvetiyye order (a branch of the Bayramiyye); he is called 'Atpazarî' after the Atpazarı district of Fatih, Istanbul, where he lived. He served as imam and teacher and was politically influential under Mehmed IV and Süleyman II, but after severing ties with state officials following 1689 he was exiled to Famagusta by Grand Vizier Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha. He trained some 150 deputies across the empire, the most famous being İsmail Hakkı Bursevî, founder of the Hakkıyye branch of the Celvetiyye. He died in Famagusta in 1691 and was buried outside the city walls; the Kutub Osman Tekke — türbe, mosque and lodge — was built around his tomb and rebuilt in 1824. (Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi 'Atpazarî Osman Fazlı'; Osmanlı Araştırmaları journal, Eyyamoğlu & Kara Pilehvarian)