Cairo
Ibrahim al-Gulshani was a Sufi shaykh and poet from Azerbaijan who settled in Cairo and founded the Gulshaniyya, a branch of the Khalwati path that spread…
Ibrahim al-Gulshani was a Sufi shaykh and poet from Azerbaijan who settled in Cairo and founded the Gulshaniyya, a branch of the Khalwati path that spread across the Ottoman lands. He was known for his long retreats and for his poetry in Persian and Turkish, and he passed away in Cairo in 940 AH. His takiyya, built between 1519 and 1524 just outside Bab Zuwayla, is one of the first religious buildings of the Ottoman period in Cairo. His domed tomb stands in the middle of the courtyard, surrounded by the cells where his disciples lived.