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7 sourced records · 4 verified locations
The atlas holds 7 records for Antalya. Each record's sources and review status are shown on its own page. Breakdown: 6 Saints · 1 Ahl al-Bayt.
A 13th-century Ahî saint who trained under Ahî Evran in Konya and was sent to Antalya by his shaykh in the reign of Alâeddin Keykubad I. He founded his madrasa and lodge in the Mermerli quarter of Antalya's Kaleiçi, where he also worked as a swordsmith. Mention of him in Sultan Veled's Dîvân attests to his renown; his two-storey tomb survives beside the mosque bearing his name. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Antalya Cultural Heritage Inventory)
A velî buried in one of Antalya's rare Anatolian Seljuk-era religious structures; his tomb stands in the Çaybaşı (Kızıltoprak) quarter of the city centre. Per the north-façade inscription dated AH 630/1232-33 (read by some as AH 636/1238-39), the building was commissioned in honour of Shaykh Shujâ al-Dîn by Türkerî ez-Zevâk and his brother. The square, single-domed structure has a burial chamber below and a small mosque above. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Anatolian Seljuk Architecture database)
The figure venerated in an Ottoman-era (16th-century) tomb built on a large rock on the road up to Alanya Castle, near the Red Tower. In waqf records of Süleyman the Magnificent's reign the endowment is registered as 'Sitti Zeynep bint Zeynelâbidîn'; she is said to be a daughter of Zeyn al-Âbidîn of the line of Husayn, though her identity is not firmly established (disputed/cenotaph). Evliya Çelebi records the building as a Bektashi lodge. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Antalya Cultural Heritage Inventory)
A 14th-century mystic, one of the foremost dervish-saints of Anatolia and a major Bektashi velî, called 'pîr-i sânî' in some sources; his lodge is counted among the four chief Bektashi âsitânes. Said to be of Hoy (Azerbaijan) origin, to have taken part in the conquest of Bursa, and to have trained Kaygusuz Abdal. His tomb stands in Tekke village of Elmalı, alongside the graves of his parents and Kaygusuz Abdal. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Abdal Mûsâ' & 'Abdal Mûsâ Tekkesi'; Elmalı Municipality)
A velî regarded as one of the seven holy men said to have come to the Alanya region from Khorasan, reputed to be a disciple and descendant of Seyyid Hârun Velî. He settled in the village then called Onas, founded his lodge, and spread Islam in the area. Though his exact dates are unknown, a waqf deed of 1461 bears his name; his tomb lies in the Mahmutseydi neighbourhood 22 km north of Alanya, beside a historic Seljuk-era mosque. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Alanya Municipality)
Yûsuf Sinan, known as Ümmî Sinan, was a Sufi sheikh and tekke poet of the Ahmediyye branch of the Halvetiyye order, born in Elmalı, Antalya. He received his spiritual licence from Eroğlu Nûrî and guided disciples at the lodge bearing his name in Elmalı. His most famous successor was the great mystic poet Niyâzî-i Mısrî. He died in Elmalı on 10 April 1657 and is buried in the tomb adjoining the mosque named after him. (Sources: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam, 'Ümmî Sinan'; Elmalı District Governorate.)
Abdülvehhâb el-Ümmî el-Elmalî el-Halvetî, popularly known as Vâhib Ümmî, was a Halvetî sheikh and mystic poet born in Elmalı, a leading representative of the Halvetiyye order in the region whose hymns were widely recited. He died in Elmalı in 1595 and was buried at the site of his lodge in Pınarbaşı. (Sources: Dictionary of Turkish Literature Names (TEİS), Yunus Emre Institute, 'Vâhib Ümmî'; Tarih Gezisi.)
