Esad Erbili

After Erbili completed his education in Arbil and Deyr, he became affiliated with the Naqshi-Khalidi Sheikh Taha’l-Hariri at age 23.

He first stayed at the Besiraga Dargah in Salkimsogut,[2] but when his followers and visitors increased, he left and settled in the muezzin room of a mosque in Bayezid-Parmakkapi.

The sultan's son-in-law, Darwish Pashazade Khalid Pasha, invited Erbili to the palace to learn Arabic and religious sciences from him.

[4] In 1914, he was appointed chairman of the Assembly of Sheikhs[5] (The Council of Islamic Teachers, or Meclis-i Meşâyıh) in Istanbul.

[4] As part of Atatürk's Reforms, the tekke in Istanbul was closed and Erbili was imprisoned along with his son, Mehmed, because they were suspected of involvement in the 1930 Menemen Incident.