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Saints and Tombs of Uşak

4 sourced records · 2 verified locations

The atlas holds 4 records for Uşak. Each record's sources and review status are shown on its own page. Breakdown: 4 Saints.

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Saint

Koluaçık Hacım Sultan

Real name Receb, known as 'Koluaçık' (Open-handed), Hacım Sultan is a major Bektashi saint regarded as a deputy of Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli, with his own hagiography (Velâyetnâme, by Derviş Burhan, 14th-15th c.). He settled in Hacım village (Sivaslı, Uşak) where he founded his lodge. In the TDV Encyclopedia, A. Y. Ocak argues he was likely a 14th-century Kalenderî-Haydarî shaykh. A tomb was built in his name after his death. (Sources: TDV 'Hacım Sultan' (A. Y. Ocak); Hacım Sultan Velâyetnâmesi; Uşak Provincial Directorate)

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Saint

Sayyid Ahmad al-Samarqandi

Sayyid Ahmad al-Samarqandi was a shaykh of the Halvetiyye order who settled in Kabaklar village, Uşak. He was the master to whom Hasan Hüsameddin Uşşaki — eponym of the Uşşakî branch — was affiliated, and he also trained Shaykh Alâeddin Uşşaki (Fakir Dede). He died in 981/1573 in Kabaklar, where his tomb stands north of the village mosque. (Sources: TDV 'Hüsâmeddin Uşşâkī'; Uşak Provincial Directorate — Tombs)

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Saint

Shaykh Alaeddin Uşşaki (Fakir Dede)

Popularly known as 'Fakir Dede' and 'Alaeddin of Kabaklar,' a saint connected to the Uşşakî circle of the Halvetiyye order. He was the disciple whom Sayyid Ahmad al-Samarqandi trained and granted succession to in Kabaklar village. Sources record his death as 890/1485-1486; his tomb lies in a two-grave chamber beneath the mosque in Kabaklar, with inscribed cenotaphs. (Sources: Uşak Provincial Directorate — Tombs; Evliyalar.net)

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Saint

Karaca Ahmet Sultan (Ulubey)

Karaca Ahmet (Gözcü Karaca Ahmet) was a warrior-dervish saint remembered in the Bektashi tradition for the Islamization of Anatolia. In Karacaahmet village (Ulubey, Uşak) the tomb attributed to him is a hexagonal stone structure with an octagonal-drum dome and peacock motifs at its portal. NOTE: As several official Karaca Ahmet tombs/makams exist across Anatolia (most famously Üsküdar), this is a makam (cenotaph); his burial place is disputed. (Sources: Cultural Inventory — Ulubey; Journal of Turkish Culture and Hacı Bektaş Veli Research)

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