Nalçacı Şeyh Halil Efendi Tomb
About the Person:
- 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.
About the Tomb:
Construction Year: 1874
Ordered by: Hüseyin Cemil Paşa (son of Serasker Mehmed Namık Paşa)
Architect: Unknown
Prominent Features:
- 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.
