City
9 sourced records · 3 verified locations
The atlas holds 9 sourced records for İzmir; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 5 Saint · 4 Scholar.
A scholar-dervish among the pupils of the Halveti sheikh Alamadan Dede, who helped root the Halveti order in Tire. His tomb is in the Paşa quarter, thought to have been built by Sheikh Mehmed Çelebi; the exact date is unknown. (Sources: TDV 'Tire'; Evliyalar.net)
Physician and scholar of theology and exegesis who lived in Birgi under the Aydınid beylik, having studied in Cairo under Ekmeleddin al-Babarti. Renowned as 'Anatolia's Ibn Sina'; chief works the medical 'Shifa al-asqam' and the ten-volume tafsir 'Majma al-anwar.' He died c. 827/1424, buried at Hıdırlık west of Birgi. (Sources: TDV 'Hacı Paşa'; Ödemiş Municipality)
An Ottoman scholar from Kars who spent his last fifteen years in Birgi, teaching Arabic, exegesis, hadith, theology, logic and timekeeping at the Birgi Grand Mosque madrasa. He died at Birgi in 1169/1756 and, per his will, was buried beside İmam Birgivî. (Sources: TDV 'Dâvûd-i Karsî')
Identified with Sayyid Sultan Ala al-Din, a leading Halveti-Melami sheikh of Tire. Said to have been exiled from Egypt then Istanbul under Mehmed II to Tire, where he died; through pupils such as Molla Çelebi and Alaeddin Arabi he kept the Halveti order influential in Tire. His uninscribed tomb is on Alamadan Street, 4 Eylül quarter. (Sources: Kültür Envanteri; Visit İzmir; TDV 'Tire')
