Seyyid Fehim-i Arvasi (1825-1895) was one of the great Naqshbandi-Khalidi scholars and saints of Eastern Anatolia, regarded as the thirty-third link in the chain of saints (silsila). Born in the village of Arvas (today Doğanyayla) in the Bahçesaray (Müküs) district of Van, he was initiated by Taha al-Hakkari. He died in the same village in 1895; his grandson and successor was Seyyid Abdülhakim Arvasi. His grave lies in Arvas (Doğanyayla) and is visited by his devotees. (Sources: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, 'Abdülhakim Arvâsî'; Evliyalar Ansiklopedisi.)
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- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · entry “Abdülhakim Arvâsî”
- Evliyalar Ansiklopedisi
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