Hadim is a municipality and
district
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of
Konya Province
Konya Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 40,838 km2, making it the largest province by area, and its population is 2,296,347 (2022). The provincial capital is the city ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 1,165 km
2, and its population is 10,999 (2022).
Its elevation is .
History
The area now known as Hadim was settled by a tribe of
Turkmen originating from
Bukhara
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People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and t ...
following the victory of the
Seljuk Turks
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at the
battle of Malazgirt. 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 in Hadim district. Bayram Veli was a
dervish
Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh (from ) 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 is found particularly in Persi ...
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
The Sultanate of Rum was a culturally Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples (Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. ...
.
Hadim had a number of
Sayyid
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families with many of them the descendants of Hüsameddin Efendi who was a descendant of
Ja'far al-Sadiq
Ja'far al-Sadiq (; –765) was a Muslim hadith transmitter and the last agreed-upon Shia Imam between the Twelvers and Isma'ilis. Known by the title al-Sadiq ("The Truthful"), Ja'far was the eponymous founder of the Ja'fari school of Isla ...
. 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
Composition
There are 32
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Hadim District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Armağanlar
* Aşağı Hadim
* Aşağıeşenler
* Aşağıkızılkaya
* Bademli
* Beyreli
* Bolat
* Çiftepınar
* Dedemli
* Dolhanlar
* Dülgerler
* Eğiste
* Fakılar
* Gaziler
* Gerez
* Gezlevi
* Göynükkışla
* Gülpınar
* Hocalar
* İğdeören
* Kalınağıl
* Kaplanlı
* Küplüce
* Oduncu
* Sarnıç
* Selahattin
* Taşpınar
* Umurlar
* Yağcı
* Yelmez
* Yenikonak
* Yukarıeşenler
References
External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
Populated places in Konya Province
Districts of Konya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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