A Lifetime in Pursuit of Niyazi-i Misri: Dildâr-ı Şemsî

A Lifetime of Travel in the Footsteps of Niyazi-i Misri: Dildar-ı Şemsî

Mehmed Şemseddin Efendi, the last sheikh of the Bursa Misri Dervish Lodge, was one of those prolific authors who produced many works, as the ancients called them. The book you hold in your hands is an interesting travelogue; it consists of his journeys to visit the lodge and tomb of Niyazi-i Misri, the founder of the Misri branch of the Halvetiye order, on the island of Lemnos, and the memories and notes related to these journeys. 

Şemseddin Efendi visited his great spiritual guide seven times between 1889 and 1908, and in his travelogue he describes the work he did, the people he met, the religious and mystical customs and traditions of the cities he visited, the dervish lodges, the Sufi and Sufi order circles, the sheikhs and dervishes, and the pleasant and unpleasant aspects, peace and unrest of his journeys. The cities he visited give an idea of ​​the richness of the travelogue: Bursa, Balıkesir, Aydın, İzmir, Urla, the island of Lemnos, the island of Mytilene, Thessaloniki, Gallipoli, Istanbul… 

Since the work was written in 1929, it also touches upon the issues centered on Sufi and Sufi order culture during the Second Constitutional Era and the early years of the Republic, and occasionally on the relationship between religion and politics and the relations surrounding them.

Author: Sheikh Mehmed

 Publisher: Dergah Publications

 ISBN: 978-975-995-783-4

 Binding: Paperback

 Language: Turkish

 Dimensions: 16.5 x 23.5 cm

 Number of Pages: 274 pages