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8 sourced records · 6 verified locations
The atlas holds 8 sourced records for Kayseri; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 5 Saint · 2 Scholar · 1 Prophet's Family.
A scholar of sayyid lineage buried in the structure known in Develi as the 'Hızır İlyas Tomb'; per its foot-inscription he was the teacher of Seyyid Şerif and died forty-four years before him. Develi folk tradition counts him among the Khorasani saints who joined the conquest of Anatolia. His exact dates are disputed. (Sources: Ş. Dursun, 'Develi'de İki Türbe'; turkiyenintarihieserleri.com.)
A 15th-century Sufi, disciple (khalifa) of Akşemseddin and eponymous master of the Tennûriyye branch of the Bayramiyye-Şemsiyye order. By Akşemseddin's order he returned to Kayseri to begin spiritual guidance and died in autumn 887/1482. His tomb stands on the west side of the Şeyh (Tennûrî) Mosque he built; it also holds the cenotaphs of Lütfullah Tennûrî and Şeyh Ali Sultan. Under the pen-name 'Âşık' he wrote Gülzâr-ı Ma'nevî and Gülşen-i Niyâz. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'İbrâhim Tennûrî'; Kültür Envanteri.)
One of the last Mevlevi sheikhs, a Sufi poet and scholar (Kayseri 1872 – Kayseri 6 November 1944). Born into a Mevlevi family, he became the last sheikh of the Üsküdar Mevlevihane and was renowned as a librarian and divan poet. He was buried in the cemetery of the Seyyid Burhâneddin Tomb in Kayseri, where his ancestors and his brother Şeyh Hüsâmeddin Efendi also rest. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Ahmed Remzi Akyürek'; A. C. Haksever.)
An Ottoman scholar and Qur'an commentator whose real name was Mehmed Salih (Kayseri 1799 – Kayseri 2 October 1885). After receiving his license (icâzet) from Göncüzâde Kâsım Efendi, he taught for about thirty years at the Câmi-i Kebîr (Grand Mosque) of Kayseri, training hundreds of students; he presented his work İşârâtü'l-Kur'ân to Sultan Abdülmecid. He was buried beside the Hunat (Mahperi) Hatun Tomb. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Hacı Torun Efendi'; M. Çayırdağ.)
