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A 14th-century Anatolian Sufi and poet, son of Âşık Paşa (author of the Garibnâme) and great-grandson of Baba İlyâs-ı Horasânî, leader of the Babaî movement. Affiliated with the Vefâiyye order, he settled in a village between Çorum and Mecitözü, where he built a mosque, lodge, tomb and bath. His grave lies in the tomb section of his lodge in today's Elvançelebi village (Mecitözü). His death is dated to around 760/1358-59. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi; Semavi Eyice, Türkiyat Mecmuası)
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · vol. 11, pp. 63-64, entry “Elvan Çelebi”
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