Shaban Veli

An important part of the information about his life is based on the work of Ömer Fuâdî, the fifth sheikh of Şaban-ı Velî Dergah, named Menâkıb-ı Şerîf-i Pir-i Halveti Hazret-i Şa'bân-ı Veli.

It is claimed that he was born in 886 AH (1481 AD) based on a record in a recent Shabani license (icâzetnâme), and it is stated that the same date is given in a series found in the Şaban-ı Velî Museum.

After completing his primary education in Taşköprü, he studied tafsir and hadith and received his license from Hodja Veli son of Osman, buried in the Abdürrezzak Mosque Tomb in Kastamonu.

[5] Available information points to this school being the Karadeniz Bashkirsunlu Madrasa, where he studied sacred sciences such as the Qur'an, tafsir and hadith for nine years, and was appointed to the posts of sheikh and lecturer at Eyüp Mosque.

[1] Along with Ömer Fuâdî, one of the Shabani sheikhs, Ibrahim Has written a menâkıbnâme [tr] about Shaban-i Velî, which he called Tezkiretü'l-Has.