Tomb of Yavuz Sultan Selim, Groundskeeper speaks with us

April 14, 2008  |  Thoughts

“This honorable man is a wali, one of the awliya…”


Yavuz Selim Turbesi Groundskeeper speaks about the Sultan from Yursil on Vimeo.


 


4 Comments


  1. Asalamu alaikum,

    interesting post.

    this makes me wonder.. what was the position of the Ottoman sultans and scholars regarding the Shia?

    Did it change over time?

  2. BismillahirRahmanirRahim
    Alaykumsalaam,

    I think as far as a ‘scholarly position’ that has basically been what it has been for a long time, they are Muslims but deviated. As far as fighting them, when Persia was rebelling under the control of the authority of the sultan and calipha, the Ottomans did not hesitate to take military actions against their rulers.

  3. BismillahirRahmanirRahim
    asalamu alaikum

    “Yavuz” Sultan Selim Han was the first calipha of the Ottoman Empire. The tomb has much heybet.

    I met this caretaker of the tomb in february. He is naqshbandi also, mashAllah.

  4. Masha’Allah. Wonderful video bro. Thanks for this.

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