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Alamadan Dede (Sayyid Sultan Ala al-Din)

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Identified with Sayyid Sultan Ala al-Din, a leading Halveti-Melami sheikh of Tire. Said to have been exiled from Egypt then Istanbul under Mehmed II to Tire, where he died; through pupils such as Molla Çelebi and Alaeddin Arabi he kept the Halveti order influential in Tire. His uninscribed tomb is on Alamadan Street, 4 Eylül quarter. (Sources: Kültür Envanteri; Visit İzmir; TDV 'Tire')

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  1. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · entry “Tire”

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