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Tomb of Ahi Evren is a part of mosque-tomb complex in
/ref> The exact place of his grave was predicted only by the location of other Ahi graves. The room was decorated in the 19th century.Kırşehir citizen's page
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Tomb of Ahi Evren is a part of mosque-tomb complex in Kırşehir
Kırşehir, formerly Mocissus ( grc, Μωκισσός) and Justinianopolis (Ἰουστινιανούπολις), is a city in Turkey. It is the capital district of the Kırşehir Province. According to the 2000 census, the population of the distri ...
, Turkey.
Geography
The complex is in the center of Kırşehir at . The complex also houses the branch office of the Ministry of Culture.History
Ahi Evren
Sheikh Pir Nasiruddin Abul Hakayik Pir Mahmud bin Ahmed Ahi Evran bin Abbas Veli al-Khoyi (1169–1261), commonly known as Ahi Evran or Pir Ahi Evren-ı Veli, was a Turkic Alevi Sufi saint, preacher, philosopher, poet, and the leader of the ...
, a leader of the Ahi Brotherhood and Muslim preacher in Anatolia in the 13th century was a leather dealer when he organized Muslim craftsmen in to a guild. His system worked well up to the 19th century and he is still considered as an honorary leader of the craftsmen. He was killed in 1261 by the Mongols.
His tomb was built much later by Hasan Bey, an Ahi craftsman in 1450. In 1481 Bozkurt of Dulkadir
Bozkurt of Dulkadir (also known as "Alaüddevle") (died June 13, 1515) was a bey of Beylik of Dulkadir, a Turkish beylik (principality) in Anatolia
Background
Dulkadir was a semi independent beylik under the sovereignty of the Mamluk Egypt. The ...
a bey of Dulkadir Beylik which briefly captured Kırşehir, renewed and enlarged the complex by adding a zaviye
A ''zawiya'' or ''zaouia'' ( ar, زاوية, lit=corner, translit=zāwiyah; ; also spelled ''zawiyah'' or ''zawiyya'') is a building and institution associated with Sufis in the Islamic world. It can serve a variety of functions such a place of ...
(Islamic hermintage). (Both Hasan Bey and Bozkurt of Dulkadir had inscriptions in the complex) Islam encyclopedia /ref> The exact place of his grave was predicted only by the location of other Ahi graves. The room was decorated in the 19th century.Kırşehir citizen's page
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The tomb
The tomb is composed of aniwan
An iwan ( fa, ایوان , ar, إيوان , also spelled ivan) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. The formal gateway to the iwan is called , a Persian term for a portal projecting ...
and two chambers. The symbolic coffin of Ahi Evren is in the north chamber. In this chamber there was another adorned coffin of a 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 ...
named Erzurimi. But now this coffin has been transferred to Ankara for protection. The south chamber has been restored recently. This part is designed as a showroom. In the iwan there are 5 simple coffins of nameless persons.
World Heritage Status
This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on April 15, 2014 in the Cultural category./ref>
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