Emir Sultan

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Emir Sultan , full name Sayyid Šams al-Dīn Meḥmed ben ʿAlī Al-Ḥüseynī Al-Bukhārī , also Emīr Sulṭān or Emīr Seyyid , (* 1368 ; † 1429 in Bursa ) is according to tradition a descendant of the 12th Imām Muḥammad Al-Maḥdi . He is the patron saint of Bursa.

Emir Sultan's grave in Bursa

Life

After his Hajj he reached Bursa via detours, where he gathered his first students around him. The Sultan Bayezid I enjoyed such a high reputation that the latter married his daughter to Sayyid, who bore him three children. Through this marriage he also exercised great influence on the Sultan, so that he managed to convince him to refrain from excessive alcohol consumption.

When Murād II took over the office of sultan, he defeated his nephew Mustafa (called Muṣṭafā Düzme, German "Mustafa the deceiver", who doubted Mūrad II's claim to power) allegedly only through the power of his prayers. The following year, Sayyid took part in the siege of Constantinople .

Sayyid succumbed to the plague in 1429 . His grave is in the Emir Sultan Mosque in Bursa, the burial place of several Ottoman dignitaries.

See also

literature

  • Johannes Heinrich Mordtmann , FR Taeschner: Emīr Sultan Sayyid Shams al-Dīn Meḥmed ben ʿAlī Al-Ḥüseynī Al-Bukhārī , in: Encyclopaedia of Islam , 2nd Ed., Volume 2. Leiden: Brill 1991. p. 697.
personal data
SURNAME Emir Sultan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sayyid Shams al-Dīn Meḥmed ben ʿAlī Al-Ḥüseynī Al-Bukhārī
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Patron saint of Bursa; allegedly descendant of the 12th Imām Muḥammad Al-Maḥdi
DATE OF BIRTH 1368
DATE OF DEATH 1429
Place of death Bursa