A scholar and Sufi from İskilip, shaykh of the Bayramiyye-Şemsiyye (Tennûriyye branch), and father of Şeyhülislâm Ebüssuûd Efendi. Close to Bayezid II, he was called 'the Sultan's Shaykh' and returned to his native İskilip late in life. He died in 920/1514; his grave is in the tomb beside the Şeyh Yavsî Mosque built by his son Ebüssuûd. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Şeyh Yavsî'; Belleten)
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- Belleten
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · entry “Şeyh Yavsî”
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