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Sheikh Zakariyya al-Khalwati

Died: 893 AH (1488)
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A Halvetî sheikh who, alongside Pîr İlyas, played a major role in making Amasya the first center of the Halvetiyye in Ottoman lands; counted among Pîr İlyas's leading successors. He died in 893/1487-88 in Amasya. His tomb stands on a high hill at the Saraydüzü locality, built by Gümüşlüzâde Ahmed. (Sources: Metin Hakverdioğlu, 'Halvetîlik ve Amasya'; 'Bir Şehir Bir Tarikat')

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