Merkez Efendi मेर्केज़ इफेंडी مرکیز آفندی کی سوانح حیات اور ان کے مزار کی تاریخ
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Biography of Merkez Efendi and the history of his shrine
Dekhti Aankhooon aur sountay kaanoon ko Asslamoalaikum, sisters, brothers friends and elders, in informative series videos of Islamic ascolars, sufisaints, cultural heritages, islamic philosophys, islamic mysticisms and historical figures. today we are describing biography of Merkez Efendi and the history of his shrine.
Merkez Efendi was the popular nickname of Musa bin Muslihiddin, an Ottoman Islamic scholar and Sufi. He is also credited as the founder of "Mesir macunu", a therapeutic paste believed to have cured mental diseases amongst many other benefits.
Musa bin Muslihiddin was born in Akçaköy (then known as Sar?mahmutlu) in Buldan district of Denizli Province. His father's name was Mustafa. He travelled to Bursa in 1478 and to Istanbul in 1493 to study religion. His tutor was Sünbül Efendi, founder of a branch of the Khalwati Sufi order. During the reign of Ottoman Sultan Selim I (r. 1512–1520), he was sent to Manisa to serve in the Külliye, the religious buildings complex of Sultan Selim's concubine Hafsa Sultan. In 1529, he returned to istanbul as the successor of Sünbül Efendi. He maybe briefly married to a Selim I's daughter, ?ah Sultan, in 1551. He died in 1552. He had three children by his first wife: two sons Dervi? Çelebi and Ali Çelebi, and a daughter Ümmü Hatun.
Merkez Efendi is credited as the creator of "Mesir macunu", a gum-like paste, which he prepared mixing 40 to 45 different herbs and spices. He used to medicate the patients having mental disease in the mental hospital of Manisa (Turkish: Manisa Bimarhanesi) he was the chief physician of mesir macunu. But Öngören from the Islam Encyclopedia finds this claim implausible. Nevertheless, he is popularly associated with the creation of mesir macunu. During the "Mesir Macunu Festival" held annually on 22 March, a symbolic Merkez Efendi figure throws down mesir from the ?erefe (balcony) of a minaret in Manisa on the crowd.
Recently, a new secondary municipality and ilçe in Denizli was named Merkezefendi in his honor. In Zeytinburnu ilçe (district) of Istanbul, there is a neighborhood named Merkezefendi and a cemetery named Merkezefendi Cemetery. There are public buildings named after him, including a State Hospital, and a vocational and technical Anatolian High School in Manisa, as well as a primary school in Istanbul. The Municipality of Zeytinburnu organizes a Medicine Festival bearing his name.
Merkezefendi Mosque dates back to 1580 and was once part of a large complex but many of the buildings have since been lost. It was built with the assistance of ?ah Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Selim II. It underwent a complete makeover in 1837 and inside the stone exterior there is a lovely wooden interior that has a curtained mihrab painted on the back wall. Merkez Efendi was famous for his strength as well as for inventing mesir paste and having served as a doctor.
The Merkez Efendi Mosque was built on the site of a dervish lodge which had been commissioned by Süleyman the Great and built by the architect Sinan in 1517. After the death of Merkez Efendi, the mosque that bears his name was built in his memory between 1552-1572.
According to another story, the mosque’s construction began in 1580 and it opened to worshipers in 1582. Restored during the reign of Sultan Mahmud II, the mosque still bears many of the features of the original.
Built on a rectangular plan, the mosque is made of stone. Its door and windows were made from round brick arches The tomb of Merkez Efendi and his family, a public fountain, a cistern to supply water to the mosque, and the çilehane are all found in the mosque’s wide courtyard.
The wooden mansion on the right used to be the harem building of the Merkezefendi complex. It has been restored and will most likely be used to hold cultural activities in the future. There are other aspects of the square that captivated us upon first sight such as its popular grilled meat restaurant, a Turkish bath waiting to be restored and some wooden mansions. Yet the cultural valley does not only comprise this square.
The beautiful Abdülbaki Pa?a Library (Neyhane) can be found just outside of the gate; the mosque was originally a primary school and was then used as a storage facility until its restoration in 2007.
Today you will find a tearoom, a library and a cultural centre with lovely painted panels reworked on the domed ceiling. Close by is a large wooden mansion the Merkezefendi or Mansion that was restored in 2009.
The tomb of Merkez Efendi (1463-1552) is attached to the mosque and where many pilgrims still visit today. Süleyman the Great frequently visited his tomb which is located in the mosque’s courtyard.
Next to the tomb is a çilehane built in keeping with the beliefs and traditions of Merkez Efendi’s sect. Merkez Efendi was said to gone here to isolate himself from the world.
The Merkezefendi Cemetery (Turkish: Merkezefendi) is a burial ground situated in Merkezefendi neighborhood of Zeytinburnu district on the European part of Istanbul, Turkey.
Many renowned intellectuals, writers and artists rest in this old cemetery covering an area of 27,800 m2 (299,000 sq ft). In 2007, the cemetery was fully renovated. Currently, burials are allowed only for the members of families with existing graves
The cemetery was established in the 16th century with the construction of the tomb of Merkez Efendi at this location. It was extended in the 1950s, and another cemetery, the Kozlu Cemetery was established 100 m (330 ft) far from this place.
With this, we seek your permission until tomorrow, tomorrow we will describe the biography of Mirza Mazhar Jan-i Janan and the history of his Shrine. Allah Hafiz.
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