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Saints and Tombs of Kilis

3 sourced records · 2 verified locations

The atlas holds 3 sourced records for Kilis; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 2 Companion · 1 Saint.

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Records in Kilis

Saint

Abdullah Sermest

Kilisli Abdullah Sermest (Tazebay) (1819-1882) was a renowned 19th-century Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi sheikh, tekke poet and calligrapher. He spent ten years in Egypt studying medicine and calligraphy, then became a disciple of the Naqshbandi sheikh Muhammad Can in Mecca. Sent to Kilis as a spiritual guide, he settled in the Muhammed Bedevi lodge in 1858 and served the tekke for about twenty years until his death. He was buried in the garden of his lodge across from the Çekmeceli Mosque on Kurtağa Street in the Bölük quarter; a tomb was built over his grave and it is a place of pilgrimage today. (Sources: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam; TEİS Dictionary of Turkish Literature Names; Kilis Governorate.)

KilisDied 1298 AHView

Companion

Şeyh Muhammed Bedevi

Şeyh Muhammed Bedevi (also known as Şeyh Muhammed Rittali / Arabi) is, by tradition, a Companion of the Prophet who came to the region with the Islamic army under Ebu Ubeyde b. Cerrah during the caliphate of Umar and was martyred here around 638 CE. His tomb, standing in the middle of an old cemetery on the rise south of Kalleş Hill west of Kilis, is thought to have been built in the second half of the 14th century. The square-planned, four-arched building with a pointed dome contains a wooden sarcophagus draped in green. Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname mentions him as 'Şeyh Muhammed Arabi and Rittali' resting in a great lodge west of the city, and it is among the most visited tombs in Kilis. (Sources: Ministry of Culture and Tourism — Kilis Directorate, kilis.ktb.gov.tr; Kültür Portalı, kulturportali.gov.tr.)

KilisDied 17 AHView

Companion

Şeyh Mansur Simati

Şeyh Mansur Simati (also called Şeyh Mehmet Simati) is, by tradition, a Companion of the Prophet who set and managed the Prophet's table, hence the epithet 'Simati' (from 'simat', meaning table/feast). He is reported to have come to the region during the caliphate of Abu Bakr, opening a table for the poor and needy, and was martyred in Kilis. His tomb stands about 3 km south of Kilis amid vineyards and gardens — a white-stone structure with a pointed (conical) dome, roughly 7.30 x 7.30 m, bearing Seljuk and Ottoman traces. Alongside Şeyh Mansur, the tomb also holds a small domed section attributed to Şeyh İzzeddin and Şeyh Yusuf. The account derives largely from Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname. (Sources: Ministry of Culture and Tourism — Kilis Directorate, kilis.ktb.gov.tr; Kültür Envanteri, kulturenvanteri.com.)

KilisDied 13 AHView

Saints and Tombs of Kilis

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Records in Kilis

Abdullah Sermest

Şeyh Muhammed Bedevi

Şeyh Mansur Simati

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