ABSTRACT
The original founder of this Order in Constantinople came from Brusa. His name is Shaikh Hamza, and on that account they are sometimes called Hamzāwīs. 2 The author of the Order, i.e. the pīr, came from Persia, and his tomb is in the cemetery of Silivria Qapūsu, beyond the walls of the capital. They say that the chief of all the Orders is Hasan Basrī of Basra, where he died, and that he received his spiritual powers directly from ‘Alī.
