Hadim is a town and
district
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of
Konya Province
Konya Province ( tr, ), in southwest Central Anatolia, is the largest province of Turkey. The provincial capital is the city of Konya. Its traffic code is 42.
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in the
Akdeniz region of
Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 59,941 of which 16,620 live in the town of Hadim.
History
The area now known as Hadim was settled by a tribe of
Turkmen originating from
Bukhara following the
Seljuk victory at the
battle of Malazgirt
The Battle of Manzikert or Malazgirt was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on 26 August 1071 near Manzikert, theme of Iberia (modern Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey). The decisive defeat of the Byzantine army and t ...
. Hadim was well regarded in Ottoman times as a source for Islamic scholars and their training, this is reflected in the villages previous name, Belde-i Hadimül-ilm meaning place which serves the sciences.
The scholars of Hadim fulfilled an important role in the
Turkification of Anatolia. A notable scholar from Hadim was Seyyid Bayram Veli who founded the village of
Dedemli
Dedemli is a town in Konya Province, Turkey
Geography
Dedemli is in the rural area of Hadim district which is a part of Konya Province. Dedemli is on Toros Mountains, at an altitude of . It is situated just at the west of headwaters of Göksu ...
in Hadim district. Bayram Veli was a
dervish
Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh (from fa, درویش, ''Darvīsh'') in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (''tariqah''), or more narrowly to a religious mendicant, who chose or accepted material poverty. The latter usage i ...
who had migrated from the region of
Khorosan to avoid the incoming
Mongol invasion
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. He was known to give spiritual and religious advice to sultan
Alâeddin Keykubat I of the
Sultanate of Rum.
Hadim had a number of
Sayyid
''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhammad' ...
families with many of them the descendants of Hüsameddin Efendi who was a descendant of
Ja'far al-Sadiq
Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ṣādiq ( ar, جعفر بن محمد الصادق; 702 – 765 CE), commonly known as Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (), was an 8th-century Shia Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian.. He was the founder of th ...
. the most influential of Hüsameddins descendants was Ebu Said Muhammed Hâdimî. Ebu Said hadimi was known as one of the greatest scholars of his time and performed sermons in the
Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi upon the invitation of sultan
Mahmud I
Notes
Hadim is a rare and highly respected Persian Last Name. The origin of Hadim is from Turkey.
References
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External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
Populated places in Konya Province
Districts of Konya Province
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