{{Short description|Sheikh (died 1326)}} {{Expand Turkish|topic=bio|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox religious biography | era = | name = Sheikh Edebali | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | caption = | honorific-prefix = | religion = Islam | denomination = Sunni | school = Hanafi | school_tradition = Maturidi | birth_date = | birth_place = Kırşehir, Rum Sultanate (now Turkey) | death_date = 1326<ref name="islamansiklopedisi" /> | death_place = Bilecik, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) | father = İbrâhim bin İnaç el-Kırşehrî | period = 13th and 14th century | known_for = Sufism<ref name="Ottoman History" /> | influences = Mevlânâ Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi |url=http://bilecik.edu.tr/en/Icerik/5314 |website=bilecik.edu.tr |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> | influenced = | child = Mehmud pasha, Mehmet pasha, Rabia Bala hatun , Hafsa, | relations = Ildiz Hatun (wife)<br/>Rabia Bala Hatun (daughter) }}
'''İmâdüddin Mustafa bin İbrâhim bin İnaç el-Kırşehrî''' <ref name="Ottoman History">{{cite book |title=Ottoman History - Misperceptions and Truths by Ahmed Akgunduz & Said Ozturk |date=March 2011 |publisher=IUR Press |location=Istanbul |isbn=978-975-7268-28-4 |page=45 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKfIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 |access-date=28 January 2021 |last1=Akgunduz |first1=Ahmed |last2=Ozturk |first2=Said }}</ref> (died in 1326), often known as '''Sheikh Edebali''' ({{langx|tr|Şeyh Edebali}}), was a Turkish Muslim Sheikh of the Wafaiyya order (tariqa) and leader of the Ahi brotherhood,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Şeyh Edebali Kimdir? |url=https://www.islamveihsan.com/seyh-edebali-kimdir.html |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=İslam ve İhsan |language=tr}}</ref> who helped shape and develop the policies of the growing Ottoman State.<ref>''The Ottoman Empire'', by Halil Inalcik, p. 55.</ref><ref name="islamansiklopedisi">{{TDV Encyclopedia of Islam|last=Şahin|first=Kamil|url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/edebali|title=EDEBÂLI|volume=10|pages=393-394}}</ref> He was assigned as the first Qadi of the Ottoman Empire.<ref name="islamansiklopedisi" /> Edebali was the father of Rabia Bala Hatun, who married Osman Gazi, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
==Interaction with Ottoman leaders== Edebali often conversed with his close friend Ertuğrul Gazi, the father of Osman I about Islam and the state of affairs of Muslims in Anatolia. Osman had been a frequent guest of Edebali. Edebali became Osman's mentor and eventually gifted him a Gazi sword. Osman at Edebali's dergah, dreamed of a state.<ref>''The Origins of the Ottoman Empire'', by Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Gary Leiser, p. 6.</ref> This dream thus led to the establishment of a state. After this, Edebali's daughter Bala Hatun was married to Osman I. As a result of this marriage, all the Ahyan sheikhs came under the Ottoman control. This had a major impact on the establishment and development of the Ottoman Beylik.{{cn |date=November 2023}} [[File:Şeyh edebali türbesi.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Sheikh Edebali (2013) in Bilecik]]
==Tribe== Sheikh Edebali belonged to the Banu Tamim tribe,<ref>{{cite book |title= DISTAL WATCHMAN BY MAC MCCLELLAND |date= 19 June 2022 |isbn= 9781669819646}}</ref> one of the well-known Arab tribes that later settled in Anatolia. Members of this tribe were historically influential in religious, scholarly, and political spheres across the Islamic world.
==In popular culture== Sheikh Edebali has been portrayed in the Turkish historical fiction series; ''{{ill|Kuruluş "Osmancık"|tr}}'' (1988) by Turkish actor Haluk Kurtoğlu,<ref>{{cite news |last1=KUTAY |first1=UĞUR |title=Osmancık'tan ve Osman'a |url=https://www.birgun.net/haber/osmancik-tan-ve-osman-a-287329 |access-date=12 June 2020 |work=BirGün |date=10 February 2020 |language=tr}}</ref> and in the historical fiction series ''Kuruluş: Osman'' by Turkish actor Seda Yıldız.<ref>{{cite news |title=Şeyh Edebali kimdir, ne zaman öldü? İşte Şeyh Edebali'nin hayatına ilişkin bilgiler… |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-seyh-edebali-kimdir-ne-zaman-oldu-iste-seyh-edebalinin-hayatina-iliskin-bilgiler-41400626/2 |access-date=28 January 2021 |publisher=Hurriyet |date=18 December 2019 |lang=tr}}</ref>
== See also == *Osman's Dream *Foundation of Ottoman Empire
==External links== {{commons category|Sheikh Edebali}}
* [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/bilecik Pictures of Bilecik and the Edebali lodge]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Sufi}} {{Hanafi scholars}} {{Maturidi}} {{Authority control}}
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