Esad Erbili
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Born | 1847 |
Occupation | Poet |
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Esad Erbili or Mehmed Esad Efendi (1847 – March 1931[
Early years
Esad Erbili was born in
Career in Istanbul
Returning from Hajj after the death of Sheikh al-Hariri, Erbili came to Istanbul in 1875. He first stayed at the Besiraga Dargah in Salkimsogut,[2] but when his followers and visitors increased, he left and settled in the muezzin room of a mosque in Bayezid-Parmakkapi. He taught the Divān of Hafez and Luccet-ul Asrar of Mawlana Jamii in the Fatih Mosque. Hodja Master Yekta and other scholars took notice of these lessons and affiliated themselves with him.[3]
In a short time, his reputation spread throughout Istanbul. The sultan's son-in-law, Darwish Pashazade Khalid Pasha, invited Erbili to the palace to learn Arabic and religious sciences from him. He was appointed to the rank of Majles-I Mashayih by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. In the meantime, he moved his house to one of the rooms over the Bayezid Mosque gates. He also appealed for a tekke. At that time, Kadirî Dargah was free, but its sheikh was required to have a Kadirî diploma. Erbili was appointed after receiving this diploma from one of the grandchildren of Abd el-Kader Gîlānî, Abdulhameed er-Refqanî.[citation needed]
Erbili was exiled to Arbil in 1900, but returned to Istanbul in 1910 to establish a dargah in Üsküdar.[4] In 1914, he was appointed chairman of the Assembly of Sheikhs[5] (The Council of Islamic Teachers, or Meclis-i Meşâyıh) in Istanbul. He served in this role until the council was closed in 1915.[4]
Menemen incident and death
As part of
Writings
- Kenzul-Irfan - A translation of and commentary on 100,000 hadith.
- Maktubat (Mektubat) [8] - A collection of letters to his students.
- Divan - Turkish and Persian poetry.
- Risale-i Es'adiyye - Autobiography.
- Tevhid Risalesi Tercümesi - A commentary on Ibn Arabi's Kitab al-Tawhid.
- Fatiha-i Şerife Tercümesi - A Qur'an.
Notes
- ISBN 978-975-7306-06-1, p. 37.(in Turkish)
- . Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ISBN 978-3-030-25901-3.
- ^ a b c Yilmaz, H. Kamil:"Altin Silsile" ("Golden Chain"). Erkam Yayinlari (Istanbul). 1994.
- ISBN 978-1-85043-854-0, p. 39.
- ^ Mustafa Armağan, "Menemen olayında 10 büyük şüphe" Archived 2011-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, official personal webcite of Mustafa Armağan. (in Turkish)
- ISBN 978-1-84511-339-1, p. 131.
- ^ Muhammad Esat Erbili: "Mektubat" ("Letters"). Erkam Yayinlari (Istanbul)