Sünbül Sinan Efendi (1452 CE,

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) was the founder of the Sunbuliyye

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order (also spelt

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). The Sunbuliyye were a derivative of the Khalwati (also spelt

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and Halvetiye) order. Sünbül Efendi's successors, the next generations were settled in Nurullah town by Konur, Icel Province around 1550. The tomb of Sümbül Sinan Efendi is next to the

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. The site of his tomb was once his Tekke and mosque. The Tekke itself was once a

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that was abandoned and handed over to the Khalwatis by Sultan

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(1481–1512) to use as a Tekke. Almost all of the sheikhs who sat at the post of grand sheikh of this order are buried at the Tekke, including another noted Sheikh of this order, Merkez Efendi (d.1552) in

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. The tomb is frequently visited by Muslims, many of whom consider him to be a

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. Alternate spellings or transcriptions of this name are: Sümbül Efendi, Sünbül Efendi, Şeyh Sümbül, Sümbül Sinan, and Sünbül Sinan. Sünbül is the Turkish word for the

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flower which is often purple in color.

References

External links

Official website of Koca Mustafa Pasa Mosque and Sumbul Efendi Cami
1452 births 1529 deaths Sufi saints from the Ottoman Empire 16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Year of birth unknown Khalwati order {{Turkey-reli-bio-stub