Historic building· Fatih, İstanbul

Şeyh Matrak Tekkesi

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Şeyh Matrak Tekkesi is a historic building in Fatih, İstanbul; The lodge stood in Fatih's Melek Hatun neighbourhood, at the corner of Lalizade and Selamağası Streets, on plot 12 of block 1509.

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Source: Kültür Envanteri · Wikidata This information is compiled from the sources shown.

The lodge stood in Fatih's Melek Hatun neighbourhood, at the corner of Lalizade and Selamağası Streets, on plot 12 of block 1509. It came into being in AH 1251 / AD 1835-36, when El-hacc Hasan Kudsi bin El-Hacc Mehmet Emin Efendi of Damascus/Jerusalem, famous as "Şeyh Matrak" and one of the sheikhs of the Sa'diyye order, had a sheikhdom established at the Arpa Emini (Arpacı Mehmet Efendi) Mosque where he served as imam.

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