Türk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektaş Velî Araştırma Dergisi (Mar 2018)
TOKAT ŞEYH PİR HAVEND ZAVİYESİ VAKFI (1453-1839) VE ÇÖREĞİBÜYÜK KÖYÜ TÜRBESİ [THE WAQF OF SHEIKH PIR HAVEND’S DERVISH LODGE IN TOKAT (1453-1839) AND THE TOMB OF COREGIBUYUK VILLAGE]
Abstract
Sheikh Pir Havend had established a dervish lodge in the village of Şeyh attached to the sub-district of Komanat in the district of Tokat probably in the second half of the twelfth century or at the beginnings of the thirteenth century. He made over the malikâne income of three villages and one arable land [mezra] in the sub-districts of Komanat and Kafirni in the district of Tokat to this dervish lodge. Some documents exist in our national archives and the Religious Court Registers of Tokat on the waqf of the dervish lodge. However, there is not enough information on the identity of Sheikh Pir Havend in the written sources. In his book Seyahatname [The Book of Travel], Evliya Çelebi identified the dervish lodge of Sheikh Pir Havend among the dervish lodges of the Bektashi order in Tokat. In the light of this information, we can consider that Sheikh Pir Havend was one of the followers of Hacı Bektash Veli and his descendants were also followers of the Bektashi order. Arts historians have made some evaluations on the Tomb of Sheikh Pir Havend which exists in the village of Çöreğibüyük in Tokat. In an article related to Bektashi dervish lodges and shrines in the Seyahatname of Evliya Çelebi, a short information on the dervish lodge of Sheikh Pir Havend was provided. Investigating this dervish lodge and the nearby tomb in every aspect will be useful for our cultural history. In addition, the article will contribute to the religious, social and cultural history of Tokat. This article provides an in-depth investigation of the dervish lodge of Sheikh Pir Havend which was an important dervish lodge of Bektashi order in the past and the tomb of Çöreğibüyük with the help of new documents. It was found that the dervish lodge of Sheikh Pir Havend does not have waqf revenues at the present and that the Bektashi religious culture still exists in the village of Çöreğibüyük or Şeyh where the dervish lodge of Sheikh Pir Havend was established.
