Saints and Tombs of Siirt

Shaykh Hamza al-Kabir

A great saint who lived in 13th-century Tillo and is held to have reached the rank of Qutb al-Aqtab; regarded as founder of the Hamzaviyya branch, his lineage traced to the Companion Khalid b. al-Walid. According to his shrine's inscription he died in 669 AH (1271 CE). His tomb stands in the center of Tillo (Aydınlar) and is a major regional shrine. (Sources: Kültür Portalı/Siirt Provincial Directorate; Abdulhalim Durma, Siirt Evliyaları)

Ibrāhīm Ḥaqqī of Erzurum

Shaykh

A Sufi, scholar and polymath born in Hasankale (Erzurum), best known for the Maʿrifetnāme combining astronomy, mathematics and Sufism. A disciple of Ismāʿīl Faqīrullāh, he spent his final years in Tillo. He died on 19 Jumādā al-Ākhira 1194 (22 June 1780) and was buried in his master’s tomb.

Ismāʿīl Faqīrullāh

Shaykh

A Sufi and madrasa teacher of Tillo (Aydınlar) in Siirt; the master of Erzurumlu İbrâhim Hakkı. He taught at the Tillo madrasa and served as imam-preacher after his father’s death. He died in 1734.