The Gulshani () is a
Halveti sub-order founded by
Pir Ibrahim Gulshani, a
Turkomen Sufi
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Sheikh
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from
Eastern Anatolia, who died in
Egypt
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. His family roots reaches to Oguzata shah in Azerbaijan.
When the
Ottomans
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conquered Egypt the Gulshani order became popular with serving soldiers of the Ottoman army in Egypt. The order was later carried back to
Diyarbakir and
Istanbul
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where several
zawiyas or ''tekke''s were established.
Ibrahim Al-Gulshani is buried at the zawiya in
Cairo
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, which was built in 1519–1524. The building, now abandoned, is included on the
World Monuments Fund's 2018 list of monuments at risk.
In
Üsküdar
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at
Selamsız, the Gulsheni-Sezai Sufi order was established by Sufis of
Romani people in Turkey
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.
References
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Islam in Turkey
Sufi orders
Khalwati order