Sayyid Abdulhakim Arvasi

Sayyid Abdulhakim Arvasi was a scholar and spiritual guide of the Naqshbandi-Khalidi path, holding ijaza in five orders; he was the spiritual mentor of the poet Necip Fazil Kisakurek. Born in 1865 in Baskale (Van), he died on 27 November 1943 while being moved toward Ankara. His tomb is in the cemetery at Baglum, Kecioren district, Ankara, a registered and active site of visitation. (Sources: TDV Islamic Encyclopedia, 'Abdulhakim Arvasi'; Kultur Envanteri, Baglum Cemetery.)