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The atlas holds 6 sourced records for Bitlis; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 6 Saint.
A major Naqshbandi-Khalidi guide of the Sayyid Taha al-Hakkari line, known as the 'Ghawth of Hizan.' He established a Sufi lodge in Gayda village of Hizan and trained prominent successors such as Abdurrahman al-Taghi. He died in 1287/1870 and was buried in Gayda, where his tomb is visited today. (Sources: İhya Journal of Islamic Studies; Sakarya University MA thesis)
The eponymous founder (pir) of the 'Kufrawi' branch of the Naqshbandi-Khalidi order, a disciple of Sheikh Taha al-Hakkari. He established a lodge in Bitlis with influence reaching the Caucasus, Tbilisi and Iran, and taught Bediüzzaman Said Nursi. He died in 1316/1898; his Baroque-style tomb was built by an Italian architect sent by Sultan Abdülhamid II. (Sources: TDV Encyclopedia 'Pîr Muhammed Küfrevî'; Turkey Cultural Inventory)
A Naqshbandi-Khalidi sheikh, son and successor of Sheikh Abdurrahman al-Taghi who founded the Norshin (Güroymak) lodge; known by the title 'Hazret.' After his father's death he led the Norshin lodge and served learning and Sufism in Eastern Anatolia. He died in 1924 and is buried at Norshin beside his father's tomb. (Sources: Kurdology Academy; İhya Journal)
A sheikh of the Norshin branch of the Naqshbandi-Khalidi order; he first attached himself to Sheikh Muhammad al-Kufrawi, who directed him to Abdurrahman al-Taghi, becoming his son-in-law and successor. After al-Taghi's death in 1886 he assumed spiritual leadership. He died in 1317/1899 and, by his will, was buried beside his house in central Bitlis. (Sources: Encyclopedia of Saints; İhya Journal)
A sheikh who lived in Ahlat, with a waqf and zawiya founded in his name; his inscribed tomb dated 619/1222 is among the oldest surviving structures in Ahlat. It appears in 1540 tax registers as 'Vakf-ı mezâr-ı Şeyh Necmüddîn-i Hivâyî.' The two-story, square-planned tomb (upper floor arranged as a mosque) stands in the cemetery beside the Erzen Hatun kümbet (Erkizan). (Sources: Erdem Journal; Archnet, 'Şeyh Necmettin Tomb, Ahlat')
Seyda
Abd al-Rahman al-Tahi (al-Taghi), born in 1831 in the Şirvan area of Siirt and known as “Seyda,” was a nineteenth-century Naqshbandi-Khalidi scholar and Sufi. After an early affiliation with the Qadiri order, he entered the Naqshbandi-Khalidi path through Sayyid Sibghatullah al-Arvasi. He settled in the village of Norşin (today Güroymak) in Bitlis, where he founded an influential lodge and trained many successors. He died in Norşin in 1886 and was buried there.
