Torbat Heydarrieh Ghotbed-Din Heydar - Iran
Torbat-e Heydarieh (Zava, Zaveh), Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran - The tomb of Qotboddin Heydar (Qutb ad-Din Haydar) (?-1221) a Persian Sufi saint and Malamati-Qalandari Sheikh, of possible Turkic origin. Haydar (the Persian form of his name is Heydar) founded an order of mendicant dervishes called as the Haydariyya known for their celibacy and self-mortification through piercing their own bodies with iron rings. His followers also wore felt and walked barefoot.
He is also known by Heyder
Picture No
11100911
Media ID
45565337
Size
3752px x 5824px
(2.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1930s
