City
4 sourced records · 2 verified locations
The atlas holds 4 sourced records for Aydın; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 3 Saint · 1 Scholar.
A 17th-century Ottoman scholar and Halveti sheikh from Kuşadası. His Arabic-grammar commentary Netâicü'l-efkâr on al-Birgivî's Izhârü'l-esrâr was used as a textbook in Ottoman medreses. He died in Kuşadası, and the Adalızade Cemetery grew up around his tomb. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Adalî, Şeyh Mustafa'; Kültür Envanteri)
The sheikh who spread the Uşşaki (Halveti) order in Nazilli. After his death he was succeeded by his son, the poet Ali Galib Vasfi Efendi. He is buried with his wife and children in the tomb known locally as the 'Green Tomb' on the Nazilli-Bozdoğan road, built in 1814, eight years after his death. (Sources: Kültür Envanteri Green Tomb-Nazilli; Divan Edebiyatı Araştırmaları Dergisi)
A 14th-century dervish-warrior who, after taking part in the conquest of the Karacasu area, founded a tekke with his brother on the slopes of Babadağ. His lodge gave food and shelter to travelers; the 1528 Ottoman tax register records his grandsons Bayramlu and Resul as heads of the lodge. His tomb is in Ataköy, Karacasu. (Sources: 1528 Ottoman tax register; İ. Afatoğlu, Denizli Muhabir; Tarihi Mekanlar Ansiklopedisi)
Remembered as a dervish-warrior who came from Khorasan to Anatolia, said to have been the spiritual guide of the Aydınoğulları; tradition holds he died shortly after Aydın Bey (mid-14th century). His tomb is in the Veysipaşa quarter of central Aydın and is mentioned in Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname; his identity and dates are largely legendary and accounts conflict (some attribute the tomb to his son İsmail). (Sources: Evliya Çelebi, Seyahatname - Aydın; Evliyalar Ansiklopedisi)
