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The atlas holds 10 records for Kahramanmaraş. Each record's sources and review status are shown on its own page. Breakdown: 7 Saints · 2 Scholar · 1 Companions.
A scholar and preacher of the Dulkadirid Alaüddevle Bey period who founded a mosque, lodge and madrasa in Elbistan. Endowments in his name were established across Elbistan, Maraş, Antep and Adıyaman, and he was buried in Elbistan. The octagonal domed tomb adjoins the south wall of the mosque. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; M. Özkarcı, isamveri.org.)
A friend of God of the Ottoman period, said to have brought relief through medicines and remedies he prepared. His grave is on a hill northeast of Kahramanmaraş, across from Sütçü İmam High School, visited by those seeking healing. (Sources: Haber46; Türbeler.org.)
A friend of God whose tomb lies in the Büyükyapalak settlement about 20 km from Elbistan, a site of pilgrimage for the local community. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Evliyalarımız.com.)
A friend of God who established a lodge around 1500 in Afşin (Dibek Oyuğu locality) during the Dulkadirid period; his tomb is at the same site. (Sources: Evliyalarımız.com; Evliyalar.net.)
Born in 1867 in the Şekerli quarter of Maraş, regarded as a sayyid descended from Husayn. A Qadiri-Rifai guide and a spiritual leader of the Maraş War of Independence, he later served as chief preacher of the Grand Mosque. He died on 11 June 1937 and was buried in the Şeyhadil cemetery. (Sources: Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality; Maraş Bugün.)
A shaykh and khalifa of the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi order. Per his tomb inscription he died on 3 Muharram 1330 (24 December 1911). His tomb in the Kızılcaoba quarter of Elbistan was built in 1330/1911-12 and houses a banner roughly 300 years old. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Elbistan Kaynarca, Arif Bilgin.)
Remembered as a friend of God of the Maraş Mevlevi tradition; his grave lies in the Maraş Mevlevihane, among the last Mevlevi lodges of Anatolia, in the eastern Bedesten. The lodge was built by Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey. (Sources: Hakikat Evi; Maraş Avucumda.)
Malik bin Ejder is remembered, according to local tradition, as a companion/commander who took part in the Islamization of the Maraş region during the conquest (c. 637 CE) and is held to have been martyred there. His tomb stands on a hill overlooking Kumaşır Lake in the Aksu/Kumaşır locality about 6 km south of the Kahramanmaraş city centre; the structure, consisting of a small mosque and tomb chamber, is dated to 1201. It has been restored and opened to visitors and is an important faith-tourism site of the region. Because traditions about his identity differ (including confusion with Malik al-Ashtar, commander of Imam Ali), the historical details should be treated with caution. (Sources: Kültür Portalı 'Malik Ejder Türbesi'; Kültür Envanteri.)
Şeyh Âdil is remembered as a scholar born in the 17th century in the town of Hanlı in Dagestan, who after his education was appointed by the Ottoman State as Subaşı (administrator) of Maraş and worked to bring peace between the Bayazıtlı and Dulkadirli tribes; he is reported to have died in 1704 and to be buried in the cemetery that bears his name. According to tradition he spread soil he had brought from Medina over this barren land, lending it spiritual significance. The Şeyhadil Cemetery in the Şeyh Adil neighbourhood of the Dulkadiroğlu district of Kahramanmaraş is one of the city's most important spiritual and historical sites; its historic gravestones have been the subject of academic study. (Sources: Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality 'Şeyh Adil Mezarlığı'; İbrahim Kanadıkırık, 'Bâb-ı Ukbâ: Kahramanmaraş Şeyh Adil Mezarlığı Tarihî Mezar Taşları'.)
The Ashab al-Kahf (Seven Sleepers) are the righteous youths described in the Qur'an (Surah al-Kahf) who took refuge in a cave to protect their faith from a pagan ruler's persecution, were made to sleep for years, and then awakened. The Eshab-ı Kehf Complex, built beside the cave on Bencilus hill about 7 km from the Afşin district of Kahramanmaraş, is one of the principal sites of pilgrimage associated with this story. The complex contains structures from the Byzantine (446 CE church), Seljuk (1215-1234, mosque and caravanserai by Nusretüddin Hasan Bey), Dulkadirid (madrasa and women's mosque) and Ottoman periods. It was added to UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List in 2015. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Ashâbü'l-Kehf'; Kültür Portalı; UNESCO Tentative List No. 6037.)
