The Gulshani ( tr, Gülşenî) is a
Halveti sub-order founded by
Pir Ibrahim Gulshani, a
Turkomen Sufi Sheikh (Sufism)
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from
Eastern Anatolia
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It is bordered by the Bl ...
, who died in
Egypt
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. His family roots reaches to Oguzata shah in Azerbaijan.
When the
Ottomans conquered Egypt the Gulshani order became popular with serving soldiers of the Ottoman army in Egypt. The order was later carried back to
Diyarbakir and
Istanbul
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where several
zawiyas or ''tekke''s were established.
Ibrahim Al-Gulshani is buried at the zawiya in
Cairo
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, which was built in 1519–1524. The building, now abandoned, is included on the
World Monuments Fund
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's 2018 list of monuments at risk.
References
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Islam in Turkey
Sufi orders
Khalwati order