City

Saints and Tombs of Rize

3 sourced records · 2 verified locations

The atlas holds 3 records for Rize. Each record's sources and review status are shown on its own page. Breakdown: 2 Scholar · 1 Saints.

Map of Rize

Records in Rize

Scholar

Süleyman Vehbi Efendi Tomb

Süleyman Vehbi Efendi (Yasemzade) was born in 1241/1825 in Venek (Örnek) village, Pazar district of Rize. A noted Rize scholar, he had a medrese education and worked as a teacher; he is said to have served under Sultan Abdülaziz. He died in 1911. His grave near the old village mosque built by his father was turned into a kümbet-style tomb, one of the tomb monuments of the three scholars of Rize. (Source: B. M. Gökler, Karadeniz Araştırmaları, 2023; M. Ü. Hiçyılmaz, kackar53.com.)

RizeDied 1911View

Saint

Hasan Dede Tomb

Hasan Dede is venerated as a saint buried in Seslikaya (Ağvan) village, Ardeşen district of Rize. From the Kulaberoğlu family, he is reported to have died in 1845 (1262 AH), reputedly aged about 120. The 1262/1845 inscription matches the gravestone inside; the plain structure was later renovated. The grave of his son Süleyman Dede lies in front; it remains a local place of visitation. (Source: B. M. Gökler, Karadeniz Araştırmaları, 2023; Eastern Black Sea Cultural Inventory.)

RizeDied 1262 AHView

Scholar

Şeyh Osman Niyazi Efendi Tomb

Şeyh Osman Niyazi Efendi was born in 1828 in Kolekli village, Güneyce (İkizdere), Rize. A khalifa of Ahmed Ziyaeddin Gümüşhanevi, he was sent to guide the Eastern Black Sea and built a wooden mosque-lodge at Kolekli (1888). He died on 1 April 1909; per his will his remains were moved in 1946 beside his mosque-lodge in Kolekli, where his iron-domed tomb is visited. (Source: İsmail Kara, Dergâh Publications; Eastern Black Sea Cultural Inventory.)

RizeDied 1327 AHView