İznik Eşrefzâde (Eşref-i Rumi) Tomb
İznik Eşrefzâde (Eşref-i Rumi) Tomb
It is thought that the sarcophagi located in the west of Eşrefzade Mosque were located in the tomb that was destroyed by Greek soldiers in 1922, the tomb was with portico, wooden pillar, eaves and covered. Eşrefzade Addullah, who went to Ankara from Iznik with the advice of Emirsultan and became the disciple of the Hacı Bayram-ı Veli; He married Rümi Hacı Bayram's daughter named Hayrünnisa and returns to İznik as the caliph of the Bayramiye Sect. Later he went to Hama city in Syria. There, he entered the ruling sect of Sheikh Hüseyin Hamevi, one of the grandchildren of AbdülKadir Geylani . When he returned to Iznik, he established the Esrefiye branch of the Kadiri Sect. Eşrefiye Sect is the most common sect in the Ottoman geography, especially in the Balkans. It is known that Eşrefoğlu Rumi wrote hundreds of works and raised many followers in his lodge.
