Battal Gazi
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Umayyad military leader Abdallah al-Battal. His attributed legends, which also form the bulk of the information available on the historic personality, later became an important part of Turkish folk literature
.
His title Seyyid, as well as being an Arabic honorific, may refer, in the form "Seyyid", to family ties to Muhammad.
The legends
Sources available on the historical personality of
Maiden's Tower and rides away from Üsküdar, on the city's Asian side, with the Emperor's treasures and daughter, an event that is not confirmed by any historical record.[2]
Battal Gazi was revindicated as an ancestor of
Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Alâeddin Keykubad, a century after Danishmend's death, and the final form that reached our day is a compendium that was put together under the instructions of the early 15th century Ottoman sultan Murad II
.
Battal Gazi remains a spiritual figure in Turkey's modern day
film star Cüneyt Arkın. These modern references sometimes involve touches of indirect humour.[3]
The tombs
Battal Gazi is buried in
medrese, cells and ceremonial rooms for dervishes as well as charitable services for the community such as kitchens and a bakery, and it was later renovated extensively under the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II's reign. As such, Seyyid Battal Gazi Complex in Seyitgazi remains a much visited shrine
.
On the other hand, many other localities across Turkey also put forth claims as burial places either for Battal Gazi, or for his father Hüseyin Gazi. A tomb in Divriği and another one in Ankara on top of a hill named after Hüseyin Gazi are the most famous among the shrines thought to contain the father's remains.
The district centre of
Eskimalatya (Old Malatya) and the previous location of Malatya
city, at a distance of 20 km from the modern day urban centre, was renamed in honour of Battal Gazi. Battal Gazi's wife and two children are buried in the town.
References
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main.
- ^ "KIZ KULESİ LIGHTHOUSE". May 1, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30. Whence the Turkish expression, "Atı alan Üsküdar'ı geçti"; (He who takes the horse is already past Üsküdar).
- YouTube
- Hasan Bülent Paksoy (1989). Alpamysh and the Turkic Destan Genre, Chapter One in Central Asian Identity. ISBN 0-9621379-9-5.
- "Seyyid Battal Gazi Complex in Seyitgazi". ArchNet. Archived from the original on 2007-04-05.
- Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena. Archived from the originalon 2007-09-30.
- "Etats Croisés et réactions musulmanes" (in French). Grenoble: Université de Grenoble-II – Pierre Mendès-France. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26.
External links
- Pictures of Seyyid Battal Gazi Kulliye
- Many pictures of the Battal Gazi complex and Seyitgazi village
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