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- Title
HACI BEKTAŞ VELÎ'NİN YOL ARKADAŞI KOLU AÇIK HACIM SULTAN VE VELAYETNÂMESİ.
- Authors
Gündüz, Tufan
- Abstract
Our knowledge about the life of Hacım Sultan, one of the Anatolian dervishes, is limited to those found in his 'Velayetname' (a kind of book written about the lives and epics of dervishes) which was composed for him and it is generally concentrated on his epic aspects. According to what is understood from this 'Velayetname', Hacım Sultan descended from Hz. Ali through İmam Ali al-Naki. Though his real name was Receb, he was widely konown as Hacım Sultan, and After Hacı Bektaş Veli had given him the name 'kolu açık' ( meaning opened -arm), he became famous as ' Kolu Açık Hacım Sultan'. It is not exactly clear when Hacım Sultan was in Anatolia. Yet, when we consider the rumour that he was in touch with Geyikli Baba, who was a figure during the reign of Sultan Orhan, and Otman Baba, Who is known to have lived during the reign of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, it is thought that he may have lived in the 14th century. However, as it was impossible to get in touch with one of those two people, who were historically distant from each other, it is more sensible that this information was included to his 'Velayetname' through the influence of oral traditions. On the other hand, When we take the statements of nomad and 'Akkoyunlu' Turkmens into account, it is understood that he had very close relations with the nomadic Turkmens living in Uşak district in the 16th century. The small dervish lodge, which was constructed for him in the village of 'Susuz' by Yakup Bey from 'Germiyanoğulları', was also preserved under the rule of Ottoman Empire and the priveleges given to the foundations and commissionals of this Lodge continued in this period as well.
- Subjects
ANKARA (Turkey); TURKEY; DERVISHES; ARCHIVES; NOMADS; MEHMED IV, Sultan of the Turks, 1642-1693; GAZI Universitesi
- Publication
Turkish Culture & Haci Bektas Veli Research Quarterly, 2010, Issue 55, p71
- ISSN
1306-8253
- Publication type
Article