Inje Badraddin

A Bayrami Sufi of the fifteenth century. He came to Anatolia from Persia together with Hamiduddin Aksarayi (Somunju Baba) and completed his path in Ankara under Haji Bayram Wali, joining his khalifas. Lami'i Chelebi and Sari Abdullah count him among Haji Bayram's foremost successors. According to Nev'izade Atai he had many dervishes around Larende (Karaman) and Bursa, and Müstakimzade also mentions his disciples in Ankara. The byname "Inje" (slender) distinguishes him from Haji Bayram's other khalifa Kizilja Badraddin; the two are often confused in classical sources. At Haji Bayram's request he translated Fakhruddin Iraqi's Lama'at into Turkish for dervishes who knew no Persian (Terjume-i Lama'at), an important witness to the Sufi legacy of the first Bayrami generation. His birth and death dates and his grave are unknown (mid-fifteenth century); the line he represented did not survive. (Sources: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, "Hacı Bayrâm-ı Velî" and "Bayramiyye"; Ercan Alkan, Tasavvuf Journal 31, 2013.)