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A Nakşibendî-Hâlidî sheikh; a professor who built up a wide circle of disciples at Erzurum.
He was born in 1848 in the village of Hacılar in the district of Karlıova in Bingöl.
He studied jurisprudence and the religious sciences with Molla Ahmed-i Kûkî, and the mathematical disciplines with Şeyh Hâlid-i Evrekî.
By attaching himself to Sıbgatullah Arvâsî he joined a chain reaching as far as Hâlid al-Baghdâdî, the founder of the Hâlidiyya branch.
In 1893 he was sent to Erzurum and settled in the Üçkümbetler district of the Sultanmelik quarter. He taught at the Câferiye Medrese and formed a wide circle of disciples.
He died on 24 March 1909 at Erzurum.
His Circle of Influence — He gave authorisation to 78 persons; among them are his son Şeyh Ziyâeddin and his cousin Şeyh İbrâhim.
His Tomb and Complex — His tomb is in the courtyard of the Taşkesenli Mosque at Erzurum.
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🔴 The position of the source must be made known to the reader. The author of the TDV article on which this record rests, İbrahim Taşkesenligil, appears to belong to the family that bears the name of its subject. The article has passed through TDV's editorial filter and is not invalid; but the reader should know the perspective that being a close source brings with it (principle 6). The same caution was applied in S-GEN3 to the record of Çaykaralı Hacı Hasan Efendi.
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · vol. 40, pp. 148-149, entry “Taşkesenli”
- Evliyalar Ansiklopedisi
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) — İbrahim Taşkesenligil · vol. 40, pp. 148-149, entry “TAŞKESENLİ AHMED EFENDİ”
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