MANSUR BABA HAZİRESİ’NDEKİ SON OSMANLICA BEKTAŞİ MEZAR TAŞLARI [LAST OTTOMAN TOMBSTONES BELONG TO BEKTASHIES IN MANSUR BABA GRAVEYARD]
It is well known that Ottoman Empire built numerous mosques, masjids, madrasah, inn, hammam and tekkes during its 600 years of history. Especially within the yards of masjids and tekkes, there are special burial grounds or graveyards which are called ‘hazire’ in Turkish. It can be stated that all...
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Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Türk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektaş Velî Araştırma Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.hbvdergisi.gazi.edu.tr/index.php/TKHBVD/article/view/2284/1619 |
| Summary: | It is well known that Ottoman Empire built numerous mosques, masjids, madrasah, inn, hammam and
tekkes during its 600 years of history. Especially within the yards of masjids and tekkes, there are special
burial grounds or graveyards which are called ‘hazire’ in Turkish. It can be stated that all the historical
sites, relics, tombstones, graveyards and epitaphs are founding stones and cultural bridges of our
society, connecting the past with the future.During the Ottoman reign, land was granted to Bektashi
dervishes and dervishes of the other sects, who participated in conquests of Anatolia and Balkan
Peninsula, in order to build their tekkes. One example is the tekke at Merdivenköy – İstanbul, which
was granted by Orhan Gazi to Şahkulu Sultan and Mansur Baba who had come from Khorasan in 14th
century and participated in the battle of Pelecanum, in order to build their tekke where a mausoleum exists. This graveyard in Merdivenköy, which is known as Mansur Baba Graveyard, is one of the many
historical treasures standing against time. In this graveyard there are numerous tombstones, belonging
to both Bektashi and other dervishes, written in Turkish but with a modified form of Arabic alphabet,
which is generally referred as Ottoman writing. Thierry Zarcone reported in 1991 that there were 69
tombstones in the graveyard; but unfortunately, only 51 remain today, excluding foot-end stones. These
tombstones belong to a period of 168 years, from 1753 to 1921 (from 1166 to 1137, according to
Islamic calendar).
In this study, all the tombstones were photographed; the writings were rewritten with Latin alphabet
and then simplified to modern Turkish for a better understanding. Our aim was to create awareness
and draw attention to the remaining Ottoman tombstones, surviving despite all the neglect and
mistreatment, and sharing their contents. These tombstones bear many traces from the past including
thoughts, beliefs and aspects of social life. |
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| ISSN: | 1306-8253 2147-9895 |