Somuncu Baba

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Hamîdüddin Aksarâyî (* 1331 in Akçakaya , Kayseri ; died 1412 in Darende , Malatya province ), better known by his nickname Somuncu Baba , was an ascetic teacher and scholar who mainly worked in the Turkish city ​​of Bursa . He is venerated by many as a Muslim saint . His real name was Abdullah.

The newly built tomb complex ( külliye ) of Somundschu Baba

He received his first instruction from his father, Sheikh Şemseddin Musa. He then studied in Damascus.

He was one of the Mürschids of Safi - Tariqa - Sheikhs Hodscha Alā ad-Dīn Alī and exerted a great influence on the Islamic world of that time. Somuncu Baba taught at the Ulu Cami of Bursa, where he was hired as a teacher by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I after she was completed. Among Somuncu Baba's disciples and the scholars he trained were personalities such as Molla Fenari and Hacı Bayram-i Veli , the founder of the Bayramiyye order.

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  • Akgündüz, Ahmet (1992) Arşiv belgeleri ışığında Şeyh Hâmid-i Velî Somuncu Baba ve neseb-i âlîsi . Istanbul, ISBN 975-95352-0-3 (Biography of Sheikh Hamid Hamidüddin-i Weli in Turkish)
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SURNAME Somuncu Baba
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aksarayi, Hamiduddin; Sheikh Hamid Hamid-i Veli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Teacher and scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1331
PLACE OF BIRTH Akçakaya , Kayseri
DATE OF DEATH 1412
Place of death Darende , Malatya