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Arap Şeyh (Sayyid Abdullah al-Hashimi)

A sayyid of the Hâşimî line and a Rifâî sheikh born in Mecca in 1829. After spreading the Rifâiyye in Afghanistan for some twenty years, he was honored by Sultan Abdülhamid II and settled in Sivas in 1876, founding a Rifâî lodge in Paşabey in 1884. He attended the 1919 Sivas Congress as a Sivas delegate, supported Mustafa Kemal and provisioned the delegates — a documented figure of the National Struggle period. He died in 1922 at about age 92; his tomb is in the Paşabey quarter of central Sivas. (Sources: F. Çınar, 'A Sayyid in the Sultan's City: Arap Şeyh'; Sivas Bülteni.)

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Ahi Emir Ahmed

A leading figure of the Ahi (futuwwa guild) organization in 13th-14th century Sivas; of Khorasani origin, he settled in Anatolia (first Bayburt, then Sivas). He was both an Ahi leader and a devotee of the Mevlevi path, with documented friendships with Mevlana's son Sultan Veled and grandson Ulu Ârif Çelebi. He is known as a wealthy benefactor whose endowment (waqf) is recorded; he died c. 1333 (734 AH). His tomb is an octagonal cut-stone mausoleum built c. 1332-33 in the Tokmakkapı quarter of central Sivas. (Sources: Kültür Portalı; Türkiye Turizm Ansiklopedisi; Visit Sivas.)

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Receb Sivasi

Nephew, son-in-law and khalifa of Şemseddîn-i Sivâsî, founder of the Halveti-Şemsi order, and son of his brother İbrâhîm-i Sivâsî. He served Şemseddin for some fifty years and, after the death of Şemseddin's son Pîr Mehmed Efendi, became head (postnişin) of the Şems lodge in Sivas and imam-hatip at the Meydan Mosque. He authored the 'Necmü'l-hüdâ', the principal first-hand hagiography of Şemseddin's life. He is buried in the Şemseddin Sivâsî tomb / Meydan Mosque cemetery in Sivas (death date given variously as 1013/1604 and 1008/1599). (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Şemseddin Sivâsî'; N. Çetin, 'Sivâsî Tekkesi', DergiPark.)

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Numan Sabit Efendi

A Sivas mufti, müderris and poet of the Sârıhatipzâde scholarly family, son of the mufti-poet Ahmed Hamdi Efendi. He wrote poetry under the pen name 'Sâbit' and was popularly called 'Yılancık Evliyâsı'; in 1758 he built a library and fountain beside the Grand Mosque (the present Numan Efendi Public Library bears his name). He died in 1182/1768-69 and is buried in central Sivas in his family cemetery (Sârıhatipzâde) west of the Grand Mosque. (Sources: TEİS 'SÂBİT, Nu'mân', Yesevi Univ.; H. Yekbaş, 'Sârıhatipzâdelerden Numan Sabit Efendi', Cumhuriyet Univ.)

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Mustafa Taki Efendi

An Ottoman scholar (müderris/dersiâm) born in Sivas in 1873, expert in fiqh, hadith, tafsir and sira, and a Naqshbandi-Khalidi sheikh. He succeeded Mustafa Hâkî Efendi (d. 1920) — the silsile İhramcızâde İsmail Hakkı Toprak would later inherit. He served as a Sivas deputy in the First Grand National Assembly (1920-1923). He died in Gürün in 1925 and is buried beside the Abdülvehhâb Gazi tomb/cemetery in Sivas. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Toprak, İsmail Hakkı'; DergiPark 'Mustafa Takî Efendi'; TBMM Parliamentary History.)

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Sheikh Merzuban al-Wali

A sayyid Sufi (of the Prophet's lineage) whose given name was Mahmûd b. Alî al-Husaynî al-Baghdâdî. Following the Vefâiyye tradition he came to Anatolia from Khorasan/Baghdad and settled in the Seljuk period at Tekke village near Zara; tradition holds that Sultan Alâeddin Keykubad granted him land for a madrasa. He is regarded as the spiritual patron of Zara and is said to have died in 1306. His tomb stands at Tekke village about 5 km from Zara and was restored in 2021. (Sources: Kültür Portalı; Kültür Envanteri; Doğan Kaya, 'Horasan Merkezli Anadolu Erenleri', Çukurova Univ.)

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Kadi Burhaneddin Ahmed

Born in 1345 (probably in Kayseri), a kadı, jurist and poet deeply learned in fiqh and the linguistic sciences. He first served as a judge, then became the ruler of a Sivas-centered state; he left a Divan and the legal works 'Tercîhu't-tavzîh' and 'İksîrü's-saâdât'. In 800/1398 he was captured by the Akkoyunlu ruler Karayülük Osman Bey and killed before the walls of Sivas. According to TDV the location of his grave is not certain in the sources; by tradition he is thought to be buried at the place called 'Kadı Burhâneddin Tomb' in central Sivas (the present structure was renewed in 1965-66). (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Kadı Burhâneddin'; Kültür Portalı; Sivas Kültür Envanteri.)

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Ahl al-Bayt

Sayyid Zayn al-Abidin

A Rufâî sheikh popularly called 'İmam Sultan', said to descend from the Ahl al-Bayt (Imam Ali). Tradition holds he was born in Medina around 1349, settled in Kayseri around 1369 and died there in 1414; he was buried in the cemetery of the Rufâî lodge he served, and a tomb was raised over his grave in 1537. His remains were for a time moved to the Seyyid Burhâneddin Tomb but returned to the original site in 1994, when the tomb was reopened for visitation. (Sources: M. Çayırdağ, 'Kayseri'deki Yatırlar'; Kültür Envanteri.)

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Shaykh Turesan Veli

A dervish-sheikh active around İncesu during the Islamization of Anatolia, linked in popular memory to the tradition of Ahmad Yasawi. He was the first sheikh and endowment-administrator of the zâviye on Tekke Dağı southwest of İncesu, built by Mahperi Huand Hatun, wife of Seljuk Sultan Alâeddin Keykubad I; he was alive when the endowment deed was drawn (638/1240) and is said to have died around the lodge's completion (c. 640/1243). His exact dates are disputed. (Sources: 'Kayseri'nin İncesu İlçesinde Şeyh Turesan Zâviyesi', Belleten 44/174, 1980; Türkiye Turizm Ansiklopedisi.)

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Sayyid Sharif al-Rifa'i

A Rufâî sheikh counted in Develi (Everek) folk tradition among the Khorasani saints who took part in the conquest of Anatolia. His tomb stands at the Tekke locality in Yukarı Develi and, per its inscription, was built in 695/1295-96 by Şeyh Muhammed in the name of the Rufâî sheikh Seyyid Şerif; tradition names him as one of four commanders alongside Dev Ali, Hızır İlyas and Şeyh Ümmî (folkloric, disputed). (Sources: Ş. Dursun, 'Develi'de İki Türbe: Seyyid-i Şerif ve Hızır İlyas'; Kültür Envanteri.)

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Shaykh Osman Rumi

Shaykh Osman Rumi was a thirteenth-century Sufi counted among the companions of Mevlana Jalal al-Din Rumi; he was the brother of Shaykh Hasan Rumi. According to Sipehsalar he was present at a gathering in Damascus alongside Shams-i Tabrizi, Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi and Awhad al-Din Kirmani. Late in life he came to Konya and had a dervish lodge built for himself. His death year is undocumented; his tomb is dated on architectural grounds to the second half of the 13th century. His tomb stands in the Sahibata neighbourhood of the Meram district. (Sources: Kültür Envanteri 'Şeyh Osman Rûmî Camii ve Türbesi'; Anadolu Selçuklu Mimarisi database)

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Haci Veyiszade Mustafa Efendi (Mustafa Sabri Kurucu)

Haci Veyiszade Mustafa Efendi (1887–1960) was one of the most celebrated Islamic scholars raised in Konya. Born into a pious family in the Sedirler quarter of Konya, after completing his religious education he taught tafsir, hadith, fiqh and Arabic in madrasas and at the Konya Imam-Hatip School, and was renowned for supporting his students materially and spiritually. He died on 5 February 1960; following the funeral prayer at the Kapi Mosque he was buried, with tens of thousands in attendance, in the Ucler Cemetery in the south-east of the city, and his grave has become a place of visitation. (Sources: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, 'Haciveyiszade Mustafa'; Konya Saints and Scholars; Konyapedia)

KonyaDied 1379 AHView →

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Tahir Büyükkörükçü

Tahir Büyükkörükçü (1925-2011) was a Konya scholar and preacher popularly titled 'Sultanü'l-vaizin' (Sultan of Preachers). He studied under leading Konya teachers such as Hacıveyiszade Mustafa Efendi, served as Provincial Mufti of Konya from 1965 to 1973, and preached for many years in Konya's mosques, most notably the Kapu Mosque. He died in Konya on 5 March 2011 and, in accordance with his will, was buried beside his teacher Hacıveyiszade in the Üçler Cemetery. As grave-level coordinates are not documented, no pin is assigned. (Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi 'Büyükkörükçü, Tahir'; Wikipedia 'Tahir Büyükkörükçü')

KonyaDied 1432 AHView →

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Shaykh Halili (Halili al-Marashi)

Halili al-Marashi (d. 998/1589) was a sixteenth-century Khalwati Sufi poet whose full name was Halili bin Yusuf bin Hayreddin al-Marashi, writing under the pen name 'Halili'. A grandson of the famed calligrapher Hayreddin al-Marashi, he produced religious and mystical works including a Divançe, Ravzatü'l-İman and Etvar-ı Seb'a. He settled in Konya, where he died and was interred in the Musalla Cemetery. His octagonal domed tomb bears an inscription dated 998/1589. (Sources: Kültür Envanteri 'Şeyh Halîlî Türbesi'; Konyapedia 'Musalla Mezarlığı')

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Khwaja Ahmad Faqih (Hoca Fakih)

Khwaja Ahmad Faqih (Hoca Fakih) is regarded as one of the leading Sufis of the Anatolian Seljuk era, a dervish of Khorasanian origin, and the author of the 'Çarhnâme', an early monument of Turkish-language verse. Tradition holds that he was a disciple of Bahaeddin Veled, the father of Rumi, and that he established a dervish lodge in Konya. His death year is disputed: the monument's inscription tradition gives 618/1221, while İbrahim Hakkı Konyalı and the TDV biographical article favour 650/1252 on chronological grounds. He is buried at the Hoca Fakih Mosque and Tomb in the Meram district. (Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi, 'Hoca Fakih Mescidi ve Türbesi' and 'Ahmed Fakih'; Kültür Envanteri)

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Shaykh Shuja al-Din

Shaykh Shuja al-Din (d. 749 / 1349) is a Seljuk-Karamanid era figure whose tomb stands in the Musalla Cemetery of Konya. According to İ. Hakkı Konyalı, he was the freedman of Uğurlu b. Abdullah, who belonged to Hond Fatma Hatun, daughter of the Seljuk Sultan Izz al-Din Kaykavus II. The date 749/1349, read by abjad reckoning on the sarcophagus inside his square, sixteen-ribbed domed tomb, is taken as both his death year and the year the tomb was built. The tomb was restored by Konya Metropolitan Municipality in 2010. (Sources: Konyapedia, 'Şeyh Şücaeddin Türbesi'; Kültür Envanteri, 'Şeyh Şücaeddin Türbesi')

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Muhammad Bahaeddin Efendi

Muhammad Bahaeddin Efendi (1834-1906) was a leading Naqshbandi-Khalidi shaykh, madrasa teacher and author of nineteenth-century Konya. The son and successor (khalifa) of Memiş Efendi, he taught at the Paşa Dairesi madrasa, served as imam of the İplikçi Mosque, and won the favour of Sultan Abdülhamid II. He died in Konya on 14 July 1906 (22 Jumada al-Awwal 1324) and was buried in the Hacı Fettah Cemetery, in an open tomb resting on four columns. As numeric coordinates of the grave could not be verified in two independent sources, no pin is assigned. (Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi 'Bahâeddin Efendi'; Konyapedia 'Muhammed Bahâeddin Efendi')

KonyaDied 1324 AHView →

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Shaykh Sharaf al-Din

Shaykh Sharaf al-Din is the saint regarded as the founder of the Şerâfeddin Mosque on Konak Square in Konya, said in the sources to have lived in the 13th century (his exact death year is not documented; dates given are estimates). The mosque he founded was later repaired in 1444 by the Karamanid Ibrahim Bey II and rebuilt in 1636 by Mehmed Çavuşoğlu Memi Bey. The shaykh's tomb adjoined the south facade of the mosque; it was demolished by the municipality in 1924-1925 and faithfully reconstructed by the Regional Directorate of Foundations in 2010. (Sources: Turkish Wikipedia, 'Şerâfeddin Camii'; Konyapedia, 'Şerafeddin Türbesi')

KonyaDied 600 AHView →

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Sayyid Harun al-Wali

Sayyid Harun al-Wali (d. 23 Rabi al-Awwal 720 / 3 May 1320) was a Sufi saint regarded as the founder of Seydişehir. According to the Makalat-i Sayyid Harun, his lineage descends paternally from Imam Musa al-Kazim and maternally from Uways al-Qarani. He reached the Konya region around 1302 and around 1305 founded Seydişehir, building a mosque, madrasa, lodge and bathhouse near Mount Küpe. His tomb, built in the year of his death, adjoins the north facade of the Seyyid Harun Veli Mosque. (Sources: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam, 'Seyyid Hârun', vol. 37, 2009; TDV İA, 'Seydişehir')

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Tavus Baba (Tavus Mehmed al-Hindi)

Tavus Baba, whose full name is recorded as Tavus Mehmed al-Hindi, was a Sufi figure of Indian origin. He is said to have lived in the 13th century during the reigns of the Anatolian Seljuk sultans Rukneddin Suleymanshah and Alaeddin Keykubad, settling in Konya. His tomb stands on a hill overlooking the Meram stream in the Yorganci neighbourhood of Meram district; as it bears no inscription, his exact birth and death dates are unknown, though the structure is dated to the late 13th century. The tomb was restored in 1905 and again in 1958. (Sources: Sahip Ata Vakif Museum; Cultural Inventory; Konya Saints and Scholars)

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Pir Esad Sultan (Pisili Baba)

Pir Esad Sultan was a renowned sheikh of the Anatolian Seljuk period and a contemporary of Mevlana (Rumi); he is popularly known as 'Pisili Baba' (the cat-lover) for his great affection for cats. According to the inscription on his tomb he died in 662/1263 and was buried in the complex he built in the second half of the 13th century, comprising a small mosque, tomb and dervish lodge, in the neighbourhood that bears his name. Of the complex only the tomb survives; the tomb and lodge were rebuilt in 1440 by Musa Pasha, an emir of the Karamanid dynasty. The tomb stands in Karatay district beside the Pisili Mosque. (Sources: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, 'Pir Esad Kulliyesi'; Cultural Inventory; Konya Saints and Scholars)

KonyaDied 662 AHView →

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Sultan Walad

Bahaeddin Muhammed Sultan Walad (25 April 1226 – 11 November 1312) was the eldest son of Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî and the figure who effectively organised the Mevlevi order. Succeeding to his father's place in 691 (1292), he instituted the 'devr-i veledî' ritual, shaped the order's etiquette and rites, and spread the Mevleviyye through deputies he sent across Anatolia. His principal works are the İbtidânâme (Velednâme), Rebabnâme, Dîvân and Maârif. He died on 10 Rajab 712 (11 November 1312) in Konya and was buried under the Green Dome to the right of his father Rumi. (Sources: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam, 'Sultan Veled'; TDV İA, 'Mevlânâ Külliyesi')

KonyaDied 712 AHView →

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Husam al-Din Chalabi

Husam al-Din Chalabi was born in 622 AH (1225) in Konya into a family that had migrated from Urmia to Anatolia. As the closest deputy and scribe of Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî, he was the inspiration for the composition of the Mathnawi, which Rumi sometimes called the 'Husam-nama.' After Rumi's death he succeeded to his place and is regarded as the first sheikh of the Mevlevi order and its first Mesnevihan (reciter of the Mathnawi). He died on 12 Sha'ban 683 AH (24 October 1284) in Konya and was buried at the head of Rumi's grave within the Mevlânâ complex. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hüsâmeddin Çelebi'; Konyapedia, 'Hüsameddin Çelebi')

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Ulu Arif Chalabi

Ulu Arif Chalabi was born on 8 Dhu al-Qa'da 670 AH (6 June 1272) in Konya; his given name was Feridun. He was the grandson of Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî and the son of Sultan Veled, his mother being Fâtıma Hatun, daughter of Selâhaddîn-i Zerkûb. After his father's death he held the post of leadership and, through his travels across Anatolia and western Iran, played a major role in spreading the Mevleviyye order. He died on 24 Dhu al-Hijja 719 AH (5 February 1320) in Konya and was buried within the Mevlânâ Mausoleum. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ârif Çelebi'; semazen.net / Hz. Mevlânâ Külliyatı)

KonyaDied 719 AHView →