RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sheikh Said

1864 - 1925

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Sheikh Said (Kirmanjki: Şêx Seîd; c. 1865 – 29 June 1925) was a Zaza Kurd religious leader, one of the leading sheikhs of the Naqshbandi order and the head of the Sheikh Said rebellion. He was born around 1865 in Hınıs or Palu, into an influential family of the Naqshbandi order, where his grandfather was an influential sheikh. Sheikh Said studied religious sciences at the madrasa led by his father Sheikh Mahmud Fevzi as well from several Islamic scholars in the region. Later he was involved in the local tekke set up by his grandfather Sheikh Ali. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sheikh Said is the 1,638th most popular religious figure (down from 1,366th in 2019), the 719th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 676th in 2019) and the 111th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sheikh Said ranks 1,638 out of 3,187. Before him are Andrew Corsini, Andronicus of Pannonia, Joseph Genesius, Stephen Pongracz, Louis Massignon, and Irmina of Oeren. After him are Huldah, Robert W. McElroy, Victor Maurus, An Shigao, Pelagio Galvani, and Nilus the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Sheikh Said ranks 77. Before him are Isa Boletini, Arthur Zimmermann, Nikolay Chkheidze, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, F. C. S. Schiller, and Princess Hilda of Nassau. After him are Ion I. C. Brătianu, Alexander Gretchaninov, Frank Chapman, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Alejandro Lerroux, and Stefan Żeromski. Among people deceased in 1925, Sheikh Said ranks 67. Before him are Robert Koldewey, Joel Hastings Metcalf, Sidney Reilly, Aristide Bruant, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, and Myer Prinstein. After him are Anna Schäffer, Stefan Żeromski, Fanny Bullock Workman, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Johan August Brinell, and Louis Feuillade.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Sheikh Said ranks 719 out of 1,347. Before him are Euthydemus I (-300), Joseph Genesius (1000), Ariadne (null), Sosthenes of Macedon (-400), John II of Trebizond (1262), and Proclus of Constantinople (310). After him are Kâzım Karabekir (1882), Halide Edib Adıvar (1884), Domitius Alexander (300), Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1814), Constantine VI of Constantinople (1859), and Evodius (50).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Sheikh Said ranks 111. Before him are Michael the Syrian (1126), Benjamin I of Constantinople (1871), Saint Mercurius (224), Eunomius of Cyzicus (335), Akile Hatun (1607), and Joseph Genesius (1000). After him are Constantine VI of Constantinople (1859), Evodius (50), Peter of Sebaste (345), Severus of Antioch (456), Germanus V of Constantinople (1835), and Modestus of Jerusalem (537).

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