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Saints and Tombs of Kayseri

6 sourced records · 4 verified locations

The atlas holds 6 records for Kayseri. Each record's sources and review status are shown on its own page. Breakdown: 4 Saints · 1 Ahl al-Bayt · 1 Scholar.

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Saint

Shaykh Ibrahim Tennuri

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.)

KayseriDied 887 AHView
Saint

Ahmed Remzi Akyürek (Dede)

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.)

KayseriDied 1363 AHView
Prophet's Family

Sayyid Zayn al-Abidin

A Rufâî sheikh popularly called 'İmam Sultan', said to descend from the Prophet's family (Imam Ali). Tradition holds he was born in Medina around 1349, settled in Kayseri around 1369 and died there in 1414; he was buried in the cemetery of the Rufâî lodge he served, and a tomb was raised over his grave in 1537. His remains were for a time moved to the Seyyid Burhâneddin Tomb but returned to the original site in 1994, when the tomb was reopened for visitation. (Sources: M. Çayırdağ, 'Kayseri'deki Yatırlar'; Kültür Envanteri.)

KayseriDied 817 AHView
Saint

Shaykh Turesan Veli

A dervish-sheikh active around İncesu during the Islamization of Anatolia, linked in popular memory to the tradition of Ahmad Yasawi. He was the first sheikh and endowment-administrator of the zâviye on Tekke Dağı southwest of İncesu, built by Mahperi Huand Hatun, wife of Seljuk Sultan Alâeddin Keykubad I; he was alive when the endowment deed was drawn (638/1240) and is said to have died around the lodge's completion (c. 640/1243). His exact dates are disputed. (Sources: 'Kayseri'nin İncesu İlçesinde Şeyh Turesan Zâviyesi', Belleten 44/174, 1980; Türkiye Turizm Ansiklopedisi.)

KayseriDied 641 AHView
Saint

Sayyid Sharif al-Rifa'i

A Rufâî sheikh counted in Develi (Everek) folk tradition among the Khorasani saints who took part in the conquest of Anatolia. His tomb stands at the Tekke locality in Yukarı Develi and, per its inscription, was built in 695/1295-96 by Şeyh Muhammed in the name of the Rufâî sheikh Seyyid Şerif; tradition names him as one of four commanders alongside Dev Ali, Hızır İlyas and Şeyh Ümmî (folkloric, disputed). (Sources: Ş. Dursun, 'Develi'de İki Türbe: Seyyid-i Şerif ve Hızır İlyas'; Kültür Envanteri.)

KayseriDied 695 AHView
Scholar

Sayyid Imad al-Din Muhammad (Hızır İlyas)

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.)

KayseriDied 696 AHView

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