Şeyh Bâlî was a Halveti sheikh who held a lodge (zaviye) in Vize. The Edirne Yearbook of H.1310 records that his lodge-form tomb stood in Vize; Abdurrahman Bâdî Efendi likewise relates that the lodge had fallen into ruin while the tomb remained standing. Vize was a long-standing Sufi centre hosting many lodges. (Sources: Edirne Provincial Yearbook H.1310; A. Bâdî Efendi, Riyâz-ı Belde-i Edirne; R. Engin)