Sheikh Edebali
Sheikh Edebali | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | |
| Died | 1326 |
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| Known for | Sufism |
| Relations | Ildiz Hatun (wife) Rabia Bala Hatun (daughter) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Muslim leader | |
| Period in office | 13th and 14th century |
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İmâdüddin Mustafa bin İbrâhim bin İnaç el-Kırşehrî (died in 1326), often known as Sheikh Edebali (Turkish: Şeyh Edebali), was a Turkish Muslim Sheikh of the Wafaiyya order (tariqa) and leader of the Ahi brotherhood, who helped shape and develop the policies of the growing Ottoman State. He was assigned as the first Qadi of the Ottoman Empire. Edebali was a Sayyid and the father of Rabia Bala Hatun, who married Osman Gazi, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.