Cemâlüddin Musa Sâvî/Zilî ve Şeyh Osman-ı Velî ile Ahfadına Dair Vakfiyeler ve Düşündürdükleri (Vahdet-i Tarikat)
The Waqfiyas on Cemaluddin Musa Savi/Zili and Shaikh Osman-i Veli With Their Descendants and on What Those Make Think (United Ways)

Summary/Abstract: There has been found a waqfiyya, which may alter deeply the studies on Cemâlüddin Sâvî, known to be the founder of Kalenderi order, and his murshid/mentor, Şeyh Osman-ı Veli. The statements in that waqfiyya, take us to Bayezid-i Bistâmî via Cemâlüddin Sâvî and Şeyh Osman-ı Veli. Moreover, it also take us to Ahmed er-Rifaî and Abdulkadir-i Geylânî via Ahmed el-Bedevî and Şeyh Osman-ı Veli. It can be seen that Cemâlüddin Sâvî, after his death, was recorded as “Zilî”, that according to Karaca Ahmed’s Menakibname and Ottoman Tahrir Defters, Karaca Ahmed Sultan was a Kalenderi derwish, and that via Sührevediyye of Celalüddin Karatay, uncle of Karaca Ahmed, a relationship is shown between Kalenderiyye and Sühreverdiyye-Kadiriyye. By virtue of the relationship between Ebubekir Niksari, that is to say, Shaikh Kalender Baba, who was at the same time Cemâlüddin’s close friend, and Mevlana, it is observed that the Mawlawiyya had also a close contact with Kalenderiyye. In this context, especially via Kalenderiyye/Haydariyye, an objection has been made against the classification of religious and sufistic structures as orthodoxy and heterodoxy. And, it should also be emphasized that those who have always critical approaches on sufistic authorities should not be viewed as “sunni”, but at the most be seen as “bigotry”.

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