A Digital Atlas of Sacred Geography
1177 records · Page 33/50
A Jazuliyya-Shadhiliyya Sufi known as 'Moul al-Ksour', a successor of al-Tebaa. One of the Seven Saints; buried in his zawiya in the Marrakech medina (Houmt el-Ksour). (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia; Wikidata Q4664682.)
A Sufi regarded as the first stop of the Seven Saints pilgrimage; afflicted with leprosy, he lived in seclusion in a cave outside Bab Aghmat and is remembered for his patience. His tomb lies outside Bab Aghmat. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
Great scholar of Maliki law and hadith, author of the famous 'al-Shifa'; born in Ceuta, served as judge in Granada, died in Marrakech. Counted among the Seven Saints; his tomb is near Bab Aylan. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
'Cheikh al-Kamil', founder of the Isawiyya order; born in Safi, died in Meknes. His mausoleum in the Meknes medina hosts a great annual moussem festival. (Sources: TDV 'Isawiyya'; Wikipedia.)
Foremost disciple of al-Jazuli and founder of the first Jazuliyya zawiya in Marrakech. One of the Seven Saints; his tomb stands in the Marrakech medina. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia; Archnet.)
Shaykh of the Jazuliyya-Shadhiliyya and author of the world-renowned prayer book 'Dala'il al-Khayrat'; from the Jazula tribe of the Sus. One of the Seven Saints; his remains were transferred to Marrakech in 1525. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
The patron saint of Marrakech and the most venerated of the Seven Saints; born in Ceuta, died in Marrakech. Famed for his care of the poor. His tomb lies in the Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
Founder (pir) of the Tijaniyya order; born in Ain Madhi, Algeria, he settled in Fes in 1789. His tomb in the Fes el-Bali zawiya is a worldwide pilgrimage site for Tijani disciples, especially from West Africa. (Sources: TDV 'Tijaniyya'; Wikipedia.)
Founder of the Idrisid dynasty, a descendant of Hasan who brought Islam and sharifian rule to Morocco. His tomb and town at Zerhoun is a major pilgrimage center. (Sources: TDV 'Idrisids'; Wikipedia.)
Second ruler of the Idrisid dynasty and effective founder of the city of Fes; a sharif of the line of Hasan. His great zawiya in Fes el-Bali is one of Morocco's holiest shrines. (Sources: TDV 'Idrisids'; Wikipedia.)
Musa Topbas Efendi (1917-1999), born in Kadınhanı, Konya, a Naqshbandi-Halidi sheikh and a leader of the Erenköy community. He studied the Qur'an under Elmalili Hamdi Yazir and pioneered many charitable and publishing institutions including the Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Foundation. He died in Istanbul in 1999 and was buried in the family plot at Sahrayicedid Cemetery, Kadıköy (no person-specific independent coords → unpinned). (Sources: TDV; İslam ve İhsan.)
Mahmud Baba, a Qadiri Sufi who lived in Kadıköy under Sultan Abdülmecid. He long served as administrator of the Osmanağa Mosque and later guided disciples at a lodge built for him by the Sultan. He died around 1850; his tomb in Hasanpaşa, Kadıköy, near the old Kuşdili Meadow, is still visited. (Sources: Kültür Envanteri; Gazete Kadıköy.)
Elmalili Muhammed Hamdi Yazir (1878-1942), born in Elmalı, Antalya, one of the foremost Qur'anic exegetes of the late Ottoman and early Republican era. His twelve-volume Turkish commentary 'Hak Dini Kur'an Dili' is a standard reference. He died in Erenköy in 1942 and was buried in Sahrayicedid Cemetery, Kadıköy. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
Born in Istanbul in 1757, one of the greatest Divan poets of Turkish literature and a Mevlevi mystic; his 'Hüsn ü Aşk' is the pinnacle of the Indian style. Appointed sheikh of the Galata Mevlevihane in 1791, he died in 1799 aged forty-two and was buried in the courtyard of the Galata Mevlevihane. (Sources: TDV.)
A ghazi mariner born on Lesbos who became the greatest Kapudan Pasha (Grand Admiral) of the Ottoman Empire; appointed navy commander in 1533, he won the decisive Battle of Preveza in 1538 and consolidated Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean. He died in Istanbul in 1546 and was buried in his Beşiktaş tomb, built by Mimar Sinan in 1541. (Sources: TDV.)
An Üsküdar mystic of the Celvetiyye order (d. 1103/1692). He had three lodges built in Üsküdar; he was buried at the last of them in Kısıklı. Today only the tomb and its cemetery survive. (Sources: TDV; TEİS.)
An Üsküdar mystic, founder of the Nasûhiyye sub-branch of the Şâbâniyye line of the Halvetiyye order (d. 1130/1718). Born in Toygartepesi, his lodge in Doğancılar was completed in 1688. He was buried in the cemetery of his lodge on Tunusbağı, and his tomb is a notable Üsküdar pilgrimage site. (Sources: TDV.)
The Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II was known as 'Veli' (the Saint) for his piety and closeness to scholars and Sufis. He died in 1512 and was buried in the tomb on the qibla side of the Bayezid Mosque he had built. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (the Conqueror) ended the Byzantine Empire by conquering Constantinople in 1453 and was venerated as a saintly ruler for his patronage of scholars and Sufis. He died in 1481 and is buried in his tomb within the Fatih Mosque complex. (Sources: TDV; Wikidata.)
Sunbul Sinan Efendi (Yusuf Sinaneddin), pir of the Sünbüliyye branch of the Halveti order; a disciple of Cemal-i Halveti, he became head sheikh of the Koca Mustafa Pasha lodge. He died in 1529 and is buried in his tomb at Kocamustafapaşa. (Sources: TDV.)
Zenbilli Ali Cemali Efendi, an Ottoman jurist who served as Şeyhülislâm for about 24 years under three sultans; he earned the epithet 'Zenbilli' (basket-bearer) for lowering a basket from his window to collect the public's fatwa questions. He died in 1526 and is buried in the courtyard of his mosque in Zeyrek. (Sources: TDV.)
Ibn Kemal (Kemalpaşazade), a leading Ottoman scholar, historian and Şeyhülislâm from 1526 until his death. He died in Istanbul in 1534 and was buried at the Mahmud Çelebi lodge cemetery outside Edirnekapı; his tomb was demolished and relocated to an unknown site during the 1971 Golden Horn ring-road construction (hence unpinned). (Sources: TDV; Wikidata.)
Molla Gürâni (Ahmad al-Kurani), a leading Ottoman scholar who studied hadith under Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Cairo and in 1443 became tutor to the future Mehmed II. Appointed mufti of Istanbul in 1480, he died in 1488 and was buried in the hazire of his mosque in the Fındıkzade/Aksaray area. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
Born in Istanbul in 1642, Hafiz Osman was one of the greatest masters of the six scripts of Islamic calligraphy, renewing the school of Sheikh Hamdullah. He died in 1698 and was buried in the cemetery of the Sünbül Efendi Lodge in Kocamustafapaşa. (Sources: TDV; Wikipedia.)
