Shaban-i Veli ( tr, Şaban-ı Veli) also written as Sha’ban Wali (d. 976 AH/1569 AD), was an Ottoman

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

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from Kastamonu, and founder of the Shabaniyya branch of the

Khalwatiyya The Khalwati order (also known as Khalwatiyya, Khalwatiya, or Halveti, as it is known in Turkey) is an Islamic Sufi brotherhood (''tariqa''). Along with the Naqshbandi, Qadiri, and Shadhili orders, it is among the most famous Sufi orders. Th ...

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. He was trained under and was a '' murid'' (disciple) of

Hayreddin Tokadi Hayreddin Tokadi or Tokadi Hayreddin (b. Konuralp – d. 1525/1530, Bolu), an Ottoman Islamic scholar (alim) and saint ( wali) from Bolu of the widespread Khalwati sufi order (tariqa). Hayreddin Efendi was brought up next to Cemâl-i Halveti (C ...

of Bolu.

Biography

He was born in Taşköprü district of Kastamonu. An important part of the information about his life is based on the work of Ömer Fuâdî, the fifth sheikh of Şaban-ı Velî Dergah, named ''Menâkıb-ı Şerîf-i Pir-i Halveti Hazret-i Şa'bân-ı Veli''. Ömer Fuadi does not give information about his date of birth. In recent sources, the years 902 (1497) and 905 (1499-1500) are mentioned for his birth. It is claimed that he was born in 886 AH (1481 AD) based on a record in a recent Shabani license ('' icâzetnâme''), and it is stated that the same date is given in a series found in the Şaban-ı Velî Museum. Shaban-i Veli lost his mother and father at a young age and was adopted by a sissy (''hanım evladı''). After completing his primary education in Taşköprü, he studied tafsir and hadith and received his license from

Hodja Khawaja (Persian language, Persian: خواجه ''khvâjəh'') is an honorific title used across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia, particularly towards Sufi teachers. It is also used by Kashmiri Muslims and the Mizrah ...

Veli son of Osman, buried in the Abdürrezzak Mosque Tomb in Kastamonu. Later, he went to Istanbul for his studies and stayed at one of the

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district ( Constantinople). Available information points to this school being the Karadeniz Bashkirsunlu Madrasa, where he studied sacred sciences such as the Qur'an, tafsir and hadith for nine years, and was appointed to the posts of

sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

and lecturer at

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. This info is not included in the old sources. Along with Ömer Fuâdî, one of the Shabani sheikhs, Ibrahim Has wrote a ' about Shaban-i Velî, which he called ''Tezkiretü'l-Has''.Hacı Mahmud Efendi, nr. 4543 The last sheikh of the Shabân-ı Veli Dergah, Mehmed Ataullah Efendi (Armay), wrote an addendum to Ömer Fuâdî's ''Menâkıbname''. As the Halvetiyye is the most branched order, the Shabaniyya order within it is the most common order with many branches. Shabaniyya was present in a very wide geography from Anatolia, the Balkans, Iraq,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and the

Hejaz The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provin ...

to the interiors of India and Africa.

The Four Poles of Anatolia

Shaban-i Veli is accepted as one of the four poles ('' aqtab'') of Anatolia by all tariqa circles, the others being

Mawlana Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...

Haji Bektash Veli Haji Bektash Veli or Wali ( fa, حاجی بکتاش ولی, Ḥājī Baktāš Walī; ota, حاجی بکتاش ولی, Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli; sq, Haxhi Bektash Veliu) (1209 – 1271) was a Muslim mystic, saint, Sayyid and philosopher from Kh ...

, and

Haji Bayram Veli Haji Bayram Veli or Wali ( ar, الحاج بيرم ولي) (1352–1430) was an Ottoman poet, Sufi saint, and the founder of the Bayrami Order.Levine, Lynn A. (editor) (2006) "Hacı Bayram Mosque (Hacı Bayram Camii)" ''Frommer's Turkey'' ...

References

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