SEYYİD MAHMUD-I HAYRANÎ VE AKŞEHİR’DE SEYYİD MAHMUD-I HAYRANÎ MANZUMESİ

Authors : Yusuf KÜÇÜKDAĞ

Pages : 59-69

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Publication Date : 2004-12-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Seyyid Mahmud-i Hayrani is a Turkish mystic who lived in Akşehir in the 13th century. He was in contact with his contemporaries Khadji Bektash-i Wali, Mawlana Calal al-Din al-Rumi and Sarı Saltuq, and exchanged his ideas with them. Although he was a sheikh of tasawwuf insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Islamic Mysticism);, the religious order insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(tariqat); he had established did not spread outside Akşehir. However, he was known as an Awliya insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Muslim Saint); during the reigns of Anatolian Seljuk and Ottoman Empire, and his grave was continuously visited. Of the building mentioned in the piece of verse ‘Seyyid Mahmud-i Hayrani’, today only the tomb and Ferruh Shah Masjid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(small mosque); stand still. But the zaviye insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(complex);, madrassah insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(theological school);, imaret, madrassah masjid, hamam insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(public bath); and the graveyard had disappeared. Because of this, the places of the mentioned buildings cannot be determined. Seyyid Mahmud-i Hayrani Complex was used by the Rufais when Seyyid’s grandson Seyidi Ali was a sheikh. In the second half of the 18th century, it was seized by the Bektashis, and it remained under their control until the tekkes and zaviyes insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(complexes); were closed in 1925.
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