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Nalçacı Şeyh Halil Efendi was originally from Mudurnu and became a prominent figure in the Halveti-Şabani Sufi order. He was either a khalifa (authorized successor) of the great mystic Abdülvahhab Ümmî or, according to some sources, a disciple of Armağan Ramazan Efendi.
In the early 18th century, he founded a tekke (Sufi lodge) and a mosque in Üsküdar that bore his name.
Known for his asceticism and piety, he engaged in calligraphy and poetry, and it is reported that he recited two juz’ (sections) of the Qur’an daily.
He left a distinctive spiritual legacy in the Sufi history of Istanbul.
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The original tomb was located within the mihrab of the Nalçacı Şeyh Halil Efendi Mosque, but by the early 20th century, it had fallen into disrepair.
The present tomb was rebuilt on the site of the earlier grave and adjacent to the tekke’s cemetery.
The tekke itself was completely demolished in 1946.
Today, only parts of the gravestones and the cemetery (hazire) remain; the tomb structure itself no longer exists.
