At a glance
- Roles
- mystic · Scholar
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Anatolia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Shaykh 'Abdallah, famed as Hajji Khalifa, his origins in the province of Kastamonu; he mastered the outward sciences first, then attached himself to Shaykh Taj al-Din Ibn Bakhshi, receiving the Sufi path until licensed to guide, and was seated in his place after his death. 2
Character
He joined learning and gnosis, humble and reverent, of praiseworthy traits and blessed works, a showpiece of goodness, graced, the scholars' resort, raiser of the poor and righteous — a marvel in generosity and chivalry, cheerful and beautiful in character; he died at the end of Jumada II 894. 2
People and things also explored
Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)· Asking people for help (al-masala)· The soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh)· Tabattul (withdrawal from the world)· Intimacy with God (uns billah)· Certainty and its degrees (yaqin)
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 356
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Shaykh 'Abdallah 'Hajji Khalifa'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hajji-khalifa-abdallah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.