Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. IIEvliya Çelebi
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Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. II
Evliya Çelebi
Caucasus, South -- Description and travel; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel; Turkey -- History
The tomb of Ottoman Princes, who are buried in the cypress wood,
their names I do not know; the tomb of Zekeria Khalvetí, he was the
first disciple of Pír Elias, and is buried near the saddlers’ shops
(Serrájiler). The pilgrimage of the Sultán of the faith, the Simorgh
of truth Sheikh Abd-ur-rahman Ben Hassám-ud-dín Gomishlí-zadeh, he is
the nephew of Pír Elias, and was a dervish of the order of Khalvetí,
of whom many miracles are related. The three Princes, sons of Murad
II. having visited this Sheikh, two of them kissed his hand, and the
third, Mohammed, kissed his feet. The Sheihk took the handkerchief
(Reda) he wore on his neck, tied it round the neck of Prince Mohammed,
and admonished him to take care of the Moslíms at Constantinople.
This Sheikh has left many poems on divine love; his poetical name
is Hossámí. His tomb is near that of Pír Elias, in the convent of
Yakúb Páshá. Molla Kassem Khatíb Ben Yakúb, who was born and buried
at Amasia, one of the deepest of learned divines. Molla Ala-ud-dín
Ilíkámi, born and buried at Amasia. Molla Abd-ul-jebbár Ajemí, near the
tomb of the Ottoman Princes. Molla Abd-ur-rahman Ben Ali Ben Moyed,
born and buried at Amasia. The Sultán of poets, Munírí Efendí, born
and buried at Amasia, he improvisated Arabic, Turkish, and Persian
poems, and was one of the Vezírs of Prince Ahmed, when Governor of
Amasia. The excellent female poet, Mihrmáh Khatún, descending from
Pír Elias’s family, was a virtuous lady like Rábie Adúye, who knew
seventy scientific books by heart, and beat the most learned men in
disputing: her true name being Mihrmáh, she took the name of Mihrí for
her poetical surname; she left a Diván, and some theological treatises,
and was buried near her grandfather, Sheikh Pír Elias.
Pilgrimage of the Pole of Poles, the Sheikh, _par excellence_, the
cream of saints, the column of the Princes, Sheikh Pír Elias. He
was one of the Sheikhs of Sultán Bayazíd I., and went with Timúr to
Shirván, from whence he returned to Amasia, his birth-place, where he
is buried on an elevated spot, called Sevádie, near Amasia. He is famed
for many miracles, one of the most celebrated is, that when his corpse
was washed, he straightened the hand which had been placed crooked by
the washing-man. His mausoleum, with all the foundations belonging to
it, was erected by Bayazíd II., son of Sultán Mohammed II. Strangers
and poor persons are here most liberally entertained. Praise be to
God, that I was so happy as to visit it, and to finish a complete
lecture of the Korán there. The pilgrimage of Kelíj Arslán, a Sheikh of
the Mevlevís, buried in the convent of that order. The pilgrimage of
Ferhád; he is buried on the top of the mountain which he cut for the
love of Sherín, and the old woman who was the cause of his death is
buried between him and his mistress. The thistles and thorns which grow
on the tomb of the old woman prevent the flowers uniting, which grow on
the tombs of Ferhád and Sherín.
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