Baba Ilyas

Sheikh Abu al-Baqaa Baba Ilyas-i Khorasani, simply known as Baba Ilyas, was the leader of the Babai revolt against the Sultanate of Rum. He migrated to Anatolia from the Khwarazmian Empire following the Mongol invasion and settled in the village of İlyas, then known as Chat.

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