City
3 sourced records · 2 verified locations
The atlas holds 3 sourced records for Kocaeli; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 1 Saint · 1 Scholar · 1 Ruler.
Çoban Mustafa Paşa was an Ottoman statesman and benefactor who served as vizier and governor of Egypt under Selim I and Süleyman the Magnificent. He died in Istanbul in 1529 and was buried in the tomb of the complex he built in Gebze, completed in 1523/24 with Mimar Sinan's contribution. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi; Kültür Portalı; Gebze Municipality.)
Hacı Ahmed Hilmi Efendi, born 1852 in Kızılcahamam, Ankara, was a late-Ottoman scholar who received Naqshbandi-Khalidi succession from Ahmed Ziyâüddîn Gümüşhânevî. He served as imam and professor at the Fevziye and Yeni Cuma mosques in İzmit and died there in 1916, buried in the Bağçeşme Martyrs' Cemetery. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Akra Media.)
Akça Koca Bey was a frontier gazi and companion of Orhan Gazi in the founding era of the Ottoman state, key in the conquest of Kandıra and İzmit; the province of Kocaeli is named after him. He died near Kandıra in 1328 and was buried at Baba Tepesi. A tent-shaped monumental tomb was built in 1974. (Sources: Vikipedi; Kandıra District Governorate; Kocaeli Aydınlar Ocağı.)
