The Sunbuliye is a branch of the Halveti order of Sufi Islam, founded by Sunbul Sinan Efendi, more commonly known in

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as ' Sunbul Effendi'. Sunbul Effendi was born in 1464 or between 1475 and 1480 in Merzifon,

. He became a dervish with Shaikh Muhammed Jemaleddin al-Khalwati of the Halveti order at the Koja Mustafa Pasha Dergah/Mosque in Istanbul. After becoming a Khalif or representative of Sheikh Muhammed Jemaluddin he was sent to Egypt where he spread the Halveti order. Upon hearing of his sheykh's death he returned to

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to serve the Halveti order until his death in 1529. He is buried in the Koja Mustafa Pasha Tekke in the

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district of

. For several hundred years this Tekke served as the centre of the Sunbuli order with all of the grand

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s of the order being buried at the Tekke. When

became a republic the Sunbuli tekke along with all others was closed. It was later re-opened in the form of a

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a position of which it continues to serve. The resting place of Sunbul Effendi remains a place of pilgrimage by pious

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s in

. The following is the Sunbuliye's genealogy: Khalwatiyya: Pir Umar Khalwati Jemaliye: Pir Muhammed Jemaleddin Halveti Sunbuliye: Pir Sumbul Sinan (branch of Jemaliye) Merkeziye: Pir Musa Muslihuddin (known as 'Merkez Effendi')(branch of Sunbuliye) His resting place is at the Merkez Effendi

(formerly the Merkez Effendi Tekke in

References

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