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.
The Kızılören solar power plant in Konya will be able to produce 22.5 mega ...
in the
Akdeniz
Akdeniz is a municipality and district governorate in Greater Mersin, Turkey. Mersin is one of the 30 Metropolitan centers in Turkey with more than one municipality within city borders. Now in Mersin there are four second-level municipalities i ...
region of
Turkey
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. 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
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People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and the city ...
following the
Seljuk victory 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 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
fa, سلجوقیان روم ()
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, government_type = Hereditary monarchyTriarchy (1249–1254) Diarchy (1257–1262)
, year_start = 1077
, year_end = 1308
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.
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
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
Mahmud I ( ota, محمود اول, tr, I. Mahmud, 2 August 1696 13 December 1754), known as Mahmud the Hunchback, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. He took over the throne after the Patrona Halil rebellion and he kept go ...
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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