City
8 sourced records · 2 verified locations
The atlas holds 8 sourced records for Gaziantep; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 5 Saint · 2 Companion · 1 Martyr.
Hacı Baba is recorded in TDV among the Gaziantep zaviyes of the Mamluk period, noted as Mevlevi. His tomb is on a hill in Karşıyaka, north of the former Tekel factory; damaged in the War of Independence and later repaired by locals. (Sources: TDV 'Gaziantep'; Gaziantep Provincial Directorate)
Pir Sefa is remembered, in one account, as the keeper of the tomb of Joshua (Yûşa), and in another as an Ansar of Medina martyred during the conquest of Antep. His tomb is in the Boyacı neighborhood, beside the grave of Joshua. (Sources: Gaziantep Provincial Directorate; Kültür Portalı)
MAQAM. Ukkasha ibn Mihsan al-Asadi fought at Badr, Uhud and Khandaq and was promised Paradise; martyred at Buzakha during the Ridda wars. The structure in Durmuşlar village, Nurdağı, is a symbolic cenotaph; his actual burial is in Arabia. (Sources: TDV 'Ukkâşe b. Mihsan'; Nurdağı District Governorate)
MAQAM. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, one of the ten promised Paradise, died c. 55/675 near Medina and was buried in al-Baqi. The structure on a hill northeast of Ziyaret village, Araban, is a symbolic cenotaph; his actual grave is in Medina. (Sources: Gaziantep Provincial Directorate; Araban local heritage)
Said to have been named Davud, Dülük Baba is venerated as a saint believed martyred during the conquest of Antep. His tomb stands on Dülük Baba Hill north of the city; a zaviye and endowments were assigned to him in the Mamluk period. (Sources: TDV 'Gaziantep'; Gaziantep Provincial Directorate)
