A Digital Atlas of Sacred Geography
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Saints whose death anniversary falls this Hijri month (sourced).
The tomb in the Tuna quarter of central Bartın is a commemorative MAKAM dedicated to Ebu'd-Derdâ, a Companion of the Prophet. By tradition he stayed in the Bartın region during the siege of Constantinople around AH 50. His actual grave is in the Bab al-Saghir cemetery in Damascus; the Bartın structure is a memorial makam. A small mosque and fountain stand beside it. (Sources: Bartın Governorate; Akdem Kadem.)
Şeyh Ali Baba, a saint of the local Sufi tradition, is buried in the tomb on Hasan Dede Street in the Akçasu quarter of Safranbolu. His son Şeyh Hasan Dede is also interred there; the structure dates to 1871-1872 and is a place of pilgrimage. (Sources: Evliyalar.net – Karabük Saints; Wikimapia.)
Sheikh Seyyid Nasrullah Efendi (Hacı Baba) is remembered as a dervish-sheikh sent to Karadeniz Ereğli in the early Ottoman period who aided the region's Islamization; regarded as patron of Black Sea seafarers, his name appears in Katib Çelebi's Cihannüma. His tomb, the Hacı Baba Tomb, is in the Göztepe locality of the Müftü quarter of Karadeniz Ereğli. (Sources: Ereğli local-history columns; Katib Çelebi, Cihannüma.)
Seyyid İbrahim Bilal is reported to be a sayyid descended from the Prophet (through Husayn) who led volunteer fighters by sea for the conquest of Istanbul in the Umayyad period. Caught in a Black Sea storm, he took refuge in Sinop harbor but was martyred by the local Byzantine governor, remembered as 'the first martyr of Anatolia.' His tomb in the Ada quarter of Sinop, beside the mosque named after him, was built in 679/1280 by Emir Beklemiş per its inscription. (Sources: Sinop Governorship; Culture Portal; Sinop Theology Journal.)
Seydi (Seyyid) Yakup is counted among the Bukharan and Khorasani dervishes who helped Turkify and Islamize Anatolia; tradition holds he descended from Seyyid Emir Külâlî and settled in Bayburt. His tomb on 'Evliya Tepe' east of Seydiyakup village, about 20 km from central Bayburt, is the village's spiritual center and is visited. (Source: Governorship of Bayburt.)
Güvenç Abdal, a dervish of Hacı Bektaş Velî, settled in the 13th century in Taşlıca village of Kürtün, Gümüşhane, founded a lodge and Islamized the Black Sea Çepni people. The tomb holding his body is at the Hacıbektaş (Nevşehir) complex; however a makam attributed to him, visited locally, stands at the Güvende highland in Kürtün. (Source: Hacı Bektaş Velî Velâyetnâmesi; Ministry of Culture and Tourism.)
Çağırgan Baba is venerated as an important spiritual figure of the Gümüşhane region; tradition holds he came from Khorasan as a dervish in the Güvenç Abdal tradition. His tomb in Tekke village, about 13 km east of central Gümüşhane, was built in Receb 990/1582 under Murad III per its inscription, a domed square-plan Ottoman tomb, and is visited. (Sources: TDV (Gümüşhane); Belleten, Dec 2000; Kültür Envanteri.)
Süleyman Vehbi Efendi (Yasemzade) was born in 1241/1825 in Venek (Örnek) village, Pazar district of Rize. A noted Rize scholar, he had a medrese education and worked as a teacher; he is said to have served under Sultan Abdülaziz. He died in 1911. His grave near the old village mosque built by his father was turned into a kümbet-style tomb, one of the tomb monuments of the three scholars of Rize. (Source: B. M. Gökler, Karadeniz Araştırmaları, 2023; M. Ü. Hiçyılmaz, kackar53.com.)
Veli Baba (real name Hüseyin) is venerated as a saint of sayyid descent who lived in the 16th-17th centuries in Uluğbey village near Senirkent, Isparta. The 1895 Veli Baba Menâkıbnâme traces his lineage to the Prophet's family. Construction of his tomb began in 1622 and was completed in 1858; the domed structure remains an important pilgrimage center. (Sources: Senirkent District Governorate; Kültür Portalı; Ali Baş–Bayram Ürekli, Selçuk University, 1994.)
Abdülvehhâb el-Ümmî el-Elmalî el-Halvetî, popularly known as Vâhib Ümmî, was a Halvetî sheikh and mystic poet born in Elmalı, a leading representative of the Halvetiyye order in the region whose hymns were widely recited. He died in Elmalı in 1595 and was buried at the site of his lodge in Pınarbaşı. (Sources: Dictionary of Turkish Literature Names (TEİS), Yunus Emre Institute, 'Vâhib Ümmî'; Tarih Gezisi.)
Abu'l-Hasan al-Kharaqani (d. 425/1033) was a great Sufi born in Kharaqan near Bistam who followed the path of Bayazid al-Bistami, known for his ecstatic utterances and his influence on Rumi and Attar. According to Evliya Çelebi his remains were found during repairs of Kars Castle. His tomb stands within the Evliya (Hasan al-Kharaqani) Mosque complex in Kaleiçi, Kars, and is still visited. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Harakani'; Kars Directorate of Culture and Tourism.)
Elti Hatun was a noblewoman of the 13th-century Seljuk–Mengücekli period. An octagonal stone tomb (kümbet) with a pyramidal cap was built in her name in central Mazgirt in 650 AH / 1252 CE. The popular claim that she was the sister of Uzun Hasan is rejected by historians due to the ~200-year gap. The tomb holds three graves and remains open to visitors. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Tunceli'; Tunceli Governorate; Ministry of Culture Portal.)
Seyyid Sheikh Ahmet was a Naqshbandi-Khalidi Sufi born in 1815 in Göltepesi (Çan) village, Bingöl. He studied at the madrasa of Sheikh Ali Septî al-Palawî and received ijaza in the Naqshbandi order, training many disciples. He died around 1884/1885. His tomb in the village cemetery north of Göltepesi is among the most visited shrines in Bingöl; registered as a cultural asset. (Source: Yılmaz Irmak, 'Tombs and Visiting Places in Bingöl', Anemon Journal MAÜ, 2018; Cultural Inventory.)
Müştak Baba (Şeyh Müştâk), born Mehmed Mustafa in Bitlis in 1172/1758-59, was a Sufi poet and founder of the Müştâkıyye branch of the Qadiri order. He died in 1247/1831-32 in an attack at Muş while travelling back from Istanbul and was buried in central Muş; his tomb in the Minare neighbourhood is open to visitors. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Şeyh Müştâk'; Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism Portal.)
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 1825 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.)
Celal Baba is a warrior said to have been martyred in the 13th century while defending Kars Castle against besieging Mongol armies. His tomb lies within Kars Castle in the central Kaleiçi quarter, a plain basalt-clad structure restored by the Kars Municipality and still visited. (Sources: Kars Directorate of Culture and Tourism; Ministry of Culture Portal.)
It is related, based on historians such as al-Tabari and Ibn Kathir, that Abdülvahap Gazi took part in the Anatolian conquests in the Umayyad period and was martyred in 113/731. Several sites are attributed to him across Anatolia; a tomb adjoining the village mosque in Çatbaşı (about 8 km west of central Muş) is ascribed to him. As a commemorative maqam, the actual burial place is disputed. (Sources: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism Portal; Muş Governorate.)
Seyyid Abdurrahman Arvasi (Kutb-i Arvasi) was one of the great saints of Eastern Anatolia and a descendant of the Prophet (sayyid). Born in Arvas in the Müküs district of Van in the second half of the 12th Hijri century, he died in the first half of the 13th. His tomb is in the town of Güzelsu (Hoşab), Gürpınar district of Van. (Sources: Evliyalar Ansiklopedisi / Huzur Pınarı; Van Sesi Gazetesi.)
Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her)
Zaynab bint Jahsh was the daughter of Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib, the Prophet's aunt, making her the Prophet's cousin. She was first married to Zayd ibn Haritha, the Prophet's freedman and adopted son; when that marriage failed she was married to the Prophet by the verses of Surat al-Ahzab, a marriage tied to the ruling permitting marriage to a former wife of an adopted son and abolishing the institution of adoption. She was known for her devotion to worship, frequent fasting, working with her hands and giving her earnings in charity; Aisha praised her generosity and piety. She was the first of the Prophet's wives to die after him, passing in Medina in 20 AH (641 CE) during Umar's caliphate. Umar led her funeral prayer and she was buried in Jannat al-Baqi. Her grave, like the others in Baqi, is unmarked.
Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her)
Juwayriya bint al-Harith was the daughter of al-Harith ibn Abi Dirar, chief of the Banu Mustaliq tribe. Captured at the Battle of al-Muraysi (Banu Mustaliq), she came to the Prophet seeking help with her ransom; he paid it, freed her, and married her. On account of this marriage the Muslims released the Banu Mustaliq captives, now in-laws of the Prophet, so that some hundred households were drawn to Islam. Aisha said she was the most blessed of women for her people. She was known for her devotion to worship and abundant remembrance of God. Her name before marriage was Barra, which the Prophet changed to Juwayriya. She died in Medina, most reliably in Rabi al-Awwal of 56 AH (676 CE), with a report of 50 AH. The governor of Medina, Marwan ibn al-Hakam, led her funeral prayer and she was buried in Jannat al-Baqi. Her grave, like the others in Baqi, is unmarked.
Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her)
Umm Habiba, whose given name was Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, was the daughter of the Umayyad chief Abu Sufyan ibn Harb. She emigrated to Abyssinia with her first husband, Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh; when he converted to Christianity there and died, she remained steadfast in her faith, alone in a foreign land. The Prophet married her through the Negus of Abyssinia, who conducted the marriage contract and dowry on his behalf. Her steadfastness in religion and her respect for the Prophet, while her father Abu Sufyan was not yet a Muslim, are well known. She transmitted many hadiths. She died in Medina, most reliably in 44 AH (664 CE), and was buried in Jannat al-Baqi; some sources give 42 or 59 AH. The account that she died in Damascus while visiting her brother Muawiya is not accepted as accurate. Her grave, like the others in Baqi, is unmarked.
Mother of the Believers, Mother of the Poor (may Allah be pleased with her)
Zaynab bint Khuzayma, of the Banu Hilal ibn Amir, was called 'Umm al-Masakin' (Mother of the Poor) even before Islam for feeding and caring for the destitute. After losing her husband (at Badr or Uhud) the Prophet married her in 3 or 4 AH. Known for her generosity and compassion, her marriage to the Prophet lasted only a few months. She is the only one of the Mothers of the Believers, after Khadija, to die during the Prophet's lifetime. She died in Medina in 4 AH (625 CE), at about thirty years of age. The Prophet himself led her funeral prayer and buried her in Jannat al-Baqi, making her one of the first of the Mothers of the Believers to be interred there. Her grave, like the others in Baqi, is unmarked.
(may God be pleased with her)
Fatima bint Asad ibn Hashim was the wife of Abu Talib, the Prophet's uncle, and the mother of Ali ibn Abi Talib. Born in Mecca, of the Hashimite clan of Quraysh, she raised the Prophet in Abu Talib's household after the death of his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib, and it is reported that he called her 'my mother after my mother.' Her sons included Talib, Aqil, Ja'far al-Tayyar and the fourth caliph Ali; among her daughters was Umm Hani. She is said to have been among the early converts to Islam. She died in the early years after the Hijra (c. 4 AH) in Medina. The Prophet shrouded her in his own shirt, led her funeral prayer, and personally tended her grave; he is reported to have descended into it. She was buried in the Jannat al-Baqi cemetery. The account that she gave birth to Ali inside the Ka'ba is a contested Shia tradition and is not presented here as established fact. The Prophet's care for her reflects her exceptional standing among the Companions.
(may God be pleased with her)
Umm al-Banin Fatima bint Hizam, of the Banu Kilab tribe, was a wife whom Ali ibn Abi Talib married after the death of Fatima al-Zahra. She bore him four sons—Abbas, Abdullah, Ja'far and Uthman—and so was called Umm al-Banin ('mother of the sons'). Her son al-Abbas ibn Ali, the standard-bearer of Husayn, was martyred at Karbala, and by tradition all four of her sons fell there. In Shia tradition she is deeply revered for her devotion to the Prophet's family and as the mother of the Karbala martyrs, keeping their memory alive through elegies in Medina. Her year of death is disputed in the sources: some give 64 AH (c. 683 CE), others 69 AH (c. 688 CE). According to the dominant Shia tradition she died in Medina and was buried in Jannat al-Baqi; her shrine was removed in the Baqi demolitions of 1806 and 1925. One contemporary researcher has questioned the burial location. Information about her rests chiefly on Shia sources, noted here in line with the principle of transparency.
