A Digital Atlas of Sacred Geography
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Saints whose death anniversary falls this Hijri month (sourced).
A Sufi figure buried in the Kâhta district of Adıyaman; according to tradition he came from Mecca to Erzincan and then settled in the Kâhta area, dying in 1260. His tomb is in Hacıyusuf (formerly Sarıdana) village: an open türbe of square 5x5 m plan with arched sides dated to the second half of the 13th century, its dome added by villagers in 1987. (Sources: Adıyaman Provincial Directorate, 'Türbeler'; Kültür Envanteri / Kültür Portalı)
A major Naqshbandi-Khalidi guide of the Sayyid Taha al-Hakkari line, known as the 'Ghawth of Hizan.' He established a Sufi lodge in Gayda village of Hizan and trained prominent successors such as Abdurrahman al-Taghi. He died in 1287/1870 and was buried in Gayda, where his tomb is visited today. (Sources: İhya Journal of Islamic Studies; Sakarya University MA thesis)
The eponymous founder (pir) of the 'Kufrawi' branch of the Naqshbandi-Khalidi order, a disciple of Sheikh Taha al-Hakkari. He established a lodge in Bitlis with influence reaching the Caucasus, Tbilisi and Iran, and taught Bediüzzaman Said Nursi. He died in 1316/1898; his Baroque-style tomb was built by an Italian architect sent by Sultan Abdülhamid II. (Sources: TDV Encyclopedia 'Pîr Muhammed Küfrevî'; Turkey Cultural Inventory)
A Naqshbandi-Khalidi sheikh, son and successor of Sheikh Abdurrahman al-Taghi who founded the Norshin (Güroymak) lodge; known by the title 'Hazret.' After his father's death he led the Norshin lodge and served learning and Sufism in Eastern Anatolia. He died in 1924 and is buried at Norshin beside his father's tomb. (Sources: Kurdology Academy; İhya Journal)
A Naqshbandi-Khalidi scholar and guide, renowned especially for his mastery of Islamic jurisprudence. Born in 1910 in Arnas (Bağlarbaşı) village of Midyat, he received learning and authorization from Shaykh Sayda of Cizre (1955). He served as imam of Batman's Great Mosque and trained many students. He died on 1 February 1972 and was buried in the family cemetery in Korik village, Batman center. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; haberinkapisi.com; seyhfahreddin.com)
Son and successor of Mawlana Khalid al-Zilani, a Naqshbandi-Khalidi guide counted as the thirty-sixth link in the Zilan branch of the Khalid al-Jazari chain. He studied under and received authorization from his father, and spent years in spiritual guidance. He died on 7 February 1977 in Ankara and was buried beside his father in the Örmegözü (Kanireval) cemetery near Beşiri. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; rahiask.com)
A self-taught scholar named after İluh, the old name of Batman; according to his tomb inscription he authored a work titled Hayat al-Hilal on the rules of fasting. The inscription, in Turkish and Kurdish, records that he lived from 1868 to 1913. His grave stands in the central Çarşı quarter of Batman on a former cemetery site, popularly known as the 'Green Tomb,' and was left in place even during road construction. (Sources: Batman Rehber Gazetesi; Evliyalar.net)
A maqam (symbolic shrine, not a confirmed grave) attributed to al-Khidr, the immortal figure who instructs the Prophet Musa in Surah al-Kahf. Located on the Mediterranean shore in Samandağ, it is one of Turkey's foremost interfaith pilgrimage sites: Muslims (notably Arab Alevis) venerate it as al-Khidr's maqam, while Orthodox Christians venerate the same spot as Mar Circus / St. George. (Sources: Samandağ District Governorate, samandag.gov.tr; isamveri.org academic article on Khidr–St. George syncretism)
A sayyid scholar and Naqshbandi-Khalidi guide, founder of the Zilan branch of the Khalid al-Jazari lineage. Born in 1826 in Zilan village (today in Batman province), he studied under scholars such as Molla Khalil al-Siirdi and received authorization from Shaykh Khalid al-Gulpawari. He spent many years in spiritual guidance across southeastern Anatolia. His tomb is in the cemetery of Örmegözü (Kanireval) village, Beşiri; a large commemoration is held each May. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; İbrahim Bağdu, Şeyh Halid, 1993; İstanbul ve Anadolu Evliyaları Ansiklopedisi)
A Naqshbandi scholar born in 1822 (AH 1238) in Zermek (Yeldeğirmeni) village of the Kiğı district of Bingöl, educated in Erzurum. He authored 'Imad al-Islam' on matters of faith and worship and is said to descend from the Prophet. He died in 1908 (AH 1326) in his native village and was buried in his home's garden, where his sons built a tomb; it was damaged in a 1987 landslide and later restored. (Sources: Yılmaz Irmak, 'Türbes and Visitation Sites in Bingöl', Anemon Journal; Bingöl Provincial Directorate inventory)
A 19th-century Naqshbandi shaykh, known for sermons at Siirt's Great Mosque, notably a forty-day exegesis of Surat al-Ikhlas. Born in 1816 in Fersaf (Dereyamaç) village of Siirt, he died there in 1891 and was buried, per his will, in the upper part of the village. His tomb lies on the Siirt-Tillo road about 7 km from the center. (Sources: Siirt Solidarity Foundation (SİDAV); Siirt Haberci/local records)
A saint widely venerated at his tomb in Yukarı Kıratlı village of Kozluk; according to tradition he came from Basra and settled in the region. A weapon called 'Zerk' said to be his is kept at the tomb, and a large pilgrimage is held on the third Friday of May. Because traditions about his era conflict (era of Caliph Umar / roughly 700 years ago), his dating is uncertain and the site carries a maqam/legendary character. (Sources: Batman Kültür Envanteri; İLKHA news)
A great saint who lived in 13th-century Tillo and is held to have reached the rank of Qutb al-Aqtab; regarded as founder of the Hamzaviyya branch, his lineage traced to the Companion Khalid b. al-Walid. According to his shrine's inscription he died in 669 AH (1271 CE). His tomb stands in the center of Tillo (Aydınlar) and is a major regional shrine. (Sources: Kültür Portalı/Siirt Provincial Directorate; Abdulhalim Durma, Siirt Evliyaları)
A Naqshbandi shaykh born around 1790 (AH 1205) in Kûr (Dikme) village of the Kiğı area of Bingöl. He studied under Shaykh Ali Septi in Palu and founded seminaries in Kûr and later Uzunsavat. He died in 1887 in Uzunsavat and was buried in the village cemetery; due to dam construction his grave was relocated in 1998 with the family's consent to a high hill in the village. (Sources: M. Şirin Ayiş, Mawlana Khalid Symposium 2017, Bingöl University; Bingöl tomb inventory)
Born Mahmud in Tillo in 1761, a scholar and poet who in his youth studied grammar, tafsir, hadith and fiqh under Erzurumlu İbrahim Hakkı, who gave him the epithet 'Memduh' (the praised). He is said to have composed a divan of some 47,000 couplets. He died in Tillo in 1847 and was buried in a tomb very close to the shrine of İsmail Fakirullah. (Sources: Kültür Portalı 'Sultan Memduh'; Siirt Gazetesi, Siirt Evliyaları (18))
A maqam attributed to the great Khorasani Sufi Bayazid Bastami (Sultan al-'Arifin, d. 234/848); according to TDV his actual grave is in Bastam, Iran, so the Kırıkhan structure is symbolic (maqam — not a confirmed grave). Located inside Darb-ı Sak (Trapessac) Castle near Alaybeyli in Kırıkhan, the vaulted tomb collapsed in the February 2023 earthquake. (Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi 'Bâyezîd-i Bistâmî'; academic study, ISAM/academia.edu)
A sheikh who lived in Ahlat, with a waqf and zawiya founded in his name; his inscribed tomb dated 619/1222 is among the oldest surviving structures in Ahlat. It appears in 1540 tax registers as 'Vakf-ı mezâr-ı Şeyh Necmüddîn-i Hivâyî.' The two-story, square-planned tomb (upper floor arranged as a mosque) stands in the cemetery beside the Erzen Hatun kümbet (Erkizan). (Sources: Erdem Journal; Archnet, 'Şeyh Necmettin Tomb, Ahlat')
A Yemeni ascetic and one of the foremost of the Tâbiîn, famed for embracing Islam without meeting the Prophet. Sources hold he was martyred at the Battle of Siffin (657 CE) on Ali's side; his true burial site is disputed (Raqqa, Zabid, Damascus, etc.). The shrine in Ziyaret, Baykan district of Siirt is one of Anatolia's most-visited makams; though its authenticity as the actual grave is contested, it has been venerated for centuries. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Veysel Karanî'; Siirt Governorate/Baykan District records)
The shaykh who founded the Khalidi-Naqshbandi tradition in Melekan (Mutluca) village of the Solhan district of Bingöl, descended from the pious scholarly family of Molla Mustafa (Male Kal). He received his order's authorization from Shaykh Ali Septi and became head of the Melekan lodge after his master's death. He died around 1877 at about ninety, designating his nephew Shaykh Mahmud as successor; his tomb is in Melekan village. (Sources: M. Şirin Ayiş, Mawlana Khalid Symposium 2017, Bingöl University; Evliyalar.net)
Born in 1896 in Melekan village of the Solhan district of Bingöl, son of Shaykh Mahmud of the Malakani family of shaykhs. In 1931 Shaykh Abdülmecid (Shaykh Keke), returning from pilgrimage, granted him authorization, making him head of the Naqshbandi-Khalidi lodge of Melekan. He led the spread of the Naqshbandi-Khalidi order across the Muş, Bulanık, Malazgirt, Ağrı and Erzurum regions; his tomb is in Melekan (Mutluca) village. (Sources: M. Şirin Ayiş, Mawlana Khalid Symposium 2017, Bingöl University; Evliyalar.net)
A leading Naqshbandi-Khalidi sheikh and successor of Ahmad al-Khaznawi (1902-1972). Born in Baykan, Siirt, he bore the nisba 'al-Husayni' for his descent from Husayn and 'Gawth of Bilvanis' for his residence in Bilvanis village. In his final years he settled in Menzil village of Kâhta, Adıyaman. He died on 25 May 1972 and was buried in Menzil, his tomb forming the heart of the Menzil pilgrimage complex. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Erol, Muhammed Râşid' [silsila]; Naqshbandi-Khalidi biographical literature, multiple sources)
A physician-sheikh dated to the 15th–16th century, renowned as a healer; oral tradition holds he came from Latakia (Syria) to Harbiye and treated ailments such as blindness, paralysis and fractures. His exact death date is undocumented. His tomb lies in the Defne district in the Harbiye valley along the Antakya–Harbiye road and is still visited for healing. (Sources: Lokman Hekim Journal of History of Medicine, dergipark.org.tr; Hatay Governorate)
Halil b. Hüseyin al-Si'irdi al-Umari, a versatile Ottoman scholar authoritative in tafsir, fiqh, hadith, theology, grammar and Sufism. Born 1754 in Hizan (Bitlis), he spent his last thirty years teaching at Siirt's Fahriye Madrasa and died in Siirt in 1843. He wrote over twenty works; his Kurdish didactic poem Nahj al-Anam is renowned. His tomb lies on a hill east of the city. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Molla Halil Siirdî'; Siirt University resources)
A maqam of the figure traditionally counted among the messengers sent to Antioch in the 'People of the Town' (Ashab al-Qarya) narrative of Surah Yasin — identified by Qur'anic exegetes with Simon Peter (maqam — not a confirmed grave; identification rests on tafsir tradition and is debated). It is represented by cenotaphs in the two-level tomb beneath Habib-i Neccar Mosque in central Antakya. (Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi 'Habîb en-Neccâr' & 'Ashâbü'l-karye'; Hatay Governorate)
