Faith / Tomb (türbe)
Ahmed-i Hani Tomb
Doğubayazıt, Ağrı
The tomb near İshak Paşa Palace of Ahmed-i Hani, the 17th-century scholar and poet known for the masnavi Mem û Zîn; a mosque stands beside it.
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Its story
Ahmed-i Hani was a poet, Sufi and scholar born in 1651 who is accepted to have died in Doğubayazıt in 1707. His best-known work is Mem û Zîn, a Kurdish masnavi completed in 1693 that tells a love story from a Sufi perspective; Nûbahârâ Bıçûkân, a verse Arabic-Kurdish dictionary he wrote for children, is also among his well-known works. His grave is on the slope where the old Bayazıt settlement stood, about 500 meters from İshak Paşa Palace. Beside the tomb are a later mosque and a small graveyard. Greatly revered by the public, the tomb is one of the most visited places of faith in the region, and most visitors tour it together with the palace, the castle and the Eski Bayezid Mosque.
Key facts
- Period
- Early 18th century (grave)
- Admission
- Free
- Getting there
- About 500 m from İshak Paşa Palace
- Visit duration
- 20 minutes
Trip purpose
- Free
- Quiet
Location
39.52020, 44.13467
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/hani-seyh-ahmed | https://kureansiklopedi.com/tr/cocuk-detay/ahmed-i-hani-turbesi-a050e | https://goturkiye.com/agri/see | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/361317175