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7 sourced records · 1 verified locations
The atlas holds 7 sourced records for Niğde; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 6 Saint · 1 Scholar.
A venerated scholar and saint who gave his name to Şeyhömerli village in Ulukışla, Niğde. Tradition holds he aided Sultan Murad IV during the Baghdad campaign (1637), after which the village was tithe-exempt. Per its inscription his domed square tomb was built in 1080/1669 by Sheikh Yakub. (Sources: Niğde Provincial Directorate; Kültür Envanteri; M. Özkarcı, TTK)
Regarded as the founder of the lodge in Güllüce village near Niğde. The village holds a kümbet and adjoining tomb dated to the first half of the 18th century, with Sheikh Ibrahim and Sheikh Musa reported buried in the kümbet. Studied academically by Halit Çal in Vakıflar Dergisi (1998). (Sources: H. Çal, Vakıflar Dergisi 1998; Niğde Provincial Directorate)
A saint buried at the Türbeönü site, about 3 km from Altunhisar, Niğde. Per the naskh inscription above its door, the tomb was built in 955/1548; the inscription reads 'This is the tomb of Şeyh Güzel,' with a chronogram. Repaired in 1726 and 1803. (Sources: Niğde Provincial Directorate; M. Özkarcı, TTK)
A saint buried on Akkızana hill in Karapınar, Bademdere, Çamardı district, Niğde. Per its construction inscription, his tomb was built in his name in 1241/1826. Damaged over time by treasure hunters. (Sources: Niğde Provincial Directorate; M. Özkarcı, TTK)
A legendary 13th-century Turkmen dervish associated with the Turkification and Islamization of Anatolia and the Balkans, and the subject of the epic Saltuknâme. Numerous symbolic makam-tombs were dedicated to him from the Balkans to Anatolia. One of these is in Bor, Niğde, but it is a symbolic makam and his true place of burial is uncertain.
A Halveti Sufi poet whose real name was İsmâil and who used the pen name 'Ümmî' (unlettered) because he had no formal education (d. 1475). His works include a Divan, 'Kırk Armağan', 'Risâle-i Vefât' and 'Risâle-i Îmân'. A tomb attributed to him stands in the Yenice quarter of Niğde, though sources disagree on his place of death and burial (traditions also point to Bolu and Karaman).
Hazrat
A Qadiri-Naqshbandi Sufi and divan poet born in 1769 in Bor, Niğde. Son of Hacı İbrâhim Efendi, a Naqshbandi sheikh who had migrated from Maraş, he spent many years in the Hijaz, Egypt and Damascus, including seventeen years in Mecca. He is best known for his 'Kuddûsî Divanı' of Sufi devotional poetry; he died in 1849 in Bor and was buried there.
