Şahkulu
Sign in to saveAlso known as Karabıyıkoğlu
Şahkulu (; 1500–1511), also known as Şahkulu Baba, or Karabıyıkoğlu ( 'son of black moustache' in Turkish), was the leader of the pro-Shia and pro-Safavid uprising in Anatolia – the Şahkulu Rebellion – directed against the Ottoman Empire in 1511. He was viewed as a Messiah and Prophet by his followers. His death in battle signified the end of the uprising.
Key facts
- Religious biography.era
- Early modern period
- Religious biography.name
- Şahkulu Tekeli
- Religious biography.native_name_lang
- tr
- Religious biography.honorific prefix
- Baba
- Religious biography.religion
- Shia Islam
- Religious biography.birth_date
- Unknown,
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Teke Peninsula, Anatolia
- Religious biography.death_date
- 1511
- Religious biography.death_place
- Unknown
- Religious biography.father
- Ḥasan Ḫalīfe
- Religious biography.period
- 16th century
- Religious biography.known_for
- Şahkulu rebellion
- Religious biography.influences
- Ismail I
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire
- Place of birth
- Antalya
- Place of death
- Sivas
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
Show 4 more facts
- date of death
- 1511-07-02
- date of birth
- 1401-00-00
- present in work
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- writing language
- Ottoman Turkish
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Rebellion
- Aftermath
- In popular culture
- Notes
- References
- Sources
Şahkulu (; 1500–1511), also known as Şahkulu Baba, or Karabıyıkoğlu ( 'son of black moustache' in Turkish), was the leader of the pro-Shia and pro-Safavid uprising in Anatolia – the Şahkulu Rebellion – directed against the Ottoman Empire in 1511. He was viewed as a Messiah and Prophet by his followers. His death in battle signified the end of the uprising.
==Early life== His father was Hasan Halife, who served Shaykh Haydar, father of Ismail I, that became his representative (halife) to persuade the population of Teke region. Ottoman sources claim Şahkulu was born in a village called Yalınlıköy, modern day Antalya province.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Şahkulu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.