THE FIRST PERIOD OF OTTOMAN RULE IN IOANNINA AND A FORGOTTEN ZAVIYE FROM XIVTH CENTURY

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Ottoman dervish lodges that witnessed the Ottoman conquest and first settlements in the Balkan Peninsula were important for both Ottoman and Islamic history. However in accordance with the lack of resources giving enough information about early Ottoman period’s first conquests and settlements, the first architectural structures have been neglected as well. One of them, known as the oldest Halveti lodge of Albania, Seyh Hasim Zaviye, which originates from the first period of the Ottoman rule, is located today in Ioannina, Greece. No detailed study on the tekke has been made so far, and no further information, except its foundation in 1390’s by Evrenos Beg, could be offered yet. Therefore, the first phase of our paper is to determine the first period of the Ottoman rule in Ioannina and thus the foundation date of this dervish lodge. Then the name of zaviye which was reflected to the Ottoman sources will be identified and will be discussed whether this dervish lodge was established as an Halveti zaviye. Finally we will mention about the current state of this forgotten XIVth century’s structure from the first Ottoman rule in Ioannina.

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Ioannina , Balkans , Şeyh Haşim Zaviye , Gazi Evrenos Beg Zaviye , Halveti , Bektashi.

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Journal Of Balkan Research Institute - Trakya University