ALİ İLAHİ DEĞİL EHL-İ HAK’IZ; EHL-İ HAK TÜRKLERİNDE ALİ KÜLTÜ

Abstract

The belief in Ahl-i Haqq was revealed by Sultan Ishak, who was born in Sulaymaniyah in the 13th century. Sultan İshāk migrated to Perdiver, which is located in the Pave region of today's Iran, in order to spread the belief he founded. With the emergence of the Ahl-i Haqq belief, he created a community for himself. The sources that gave the first information about the Ahl-i Haqqs named the community as ʿAlī Ilāhīs. Although this naming is a general name, it is an incorrect usage. The subject of this study is that the Ahl-i Haqq are not ʿAlī Divine in the context of the cult of ʿAlī in the belief of Ahl-i Haqq. The belief in Hulul, which is known as Emergence in the belief of Ahl-i Haqq, caused the community to be known as ʿAlī Divine for a long time. This nomenclature is opposed by the Ahl-i Haqqs themselves, but it does not comply with the principles of belief. The purpose of this study is to explain the belief in the emergence of Ahl-i Haqq and to reveal that the community known as ʿAlī Ilāhīs is not actually ʿAlī Ilāhīs. In accordance with this purpose, the belief in the emergence or hulul in the belief of Ahl-i Haqq is discussed in the context of the fact that the Ahl-i Haqqs are not ʿAlī Divine. The number of these appearances is generally seven. For this purpose, the field study conducted in Iran's Tabriz, Kermanshah and Tehran cities between 2016-2019 was the source of this study. A comparison was made based on the data obtained from the field study and the Kalams, which are the first-hand sources belonging to the Ahl-i ḥaqqs. Keywords: ʿAlī Ilāhī, Ahl-i Haqqs, Turkish Cultural History, Alevism-Bektashism.