Muhammed Osman Sirajeddin

Osman Sirajeddin was appreciated and respected by the people of knowledge and madrasah in [Kurdistan[Iran]] and brought back to life the Duru Tekke founded by his father. As a result of his travels to different parts of Iran, he established a strong bond between the members of the Khalidi Naqshbandis in the Sunni regions in the northwest and in the Talish Kurdistan region of Iran. He had a school built for 450 students providing education in the field of Islamic sciences. At the same time, more than 100 schools were built in the region under his leadership. There was an increase in the number and activities of Naqshbandi members during the twenty-year period he was in Iran.[6]

After the 1979 Iranian revolution, he left Iran and returned to Biyara, but he soon moved to Baghdad due to the Iran-Iraq War at the time. He then continued his activities in France and later in Turkey.[7]

Osman Sirajeddin settled in Turkey in 1990 and had religious conversations with his domestic and foreign visitors in his guesthouse in Hadımköy, Istanbul.[8] He sought remedies for the material and spiritual ailments of the people who came to him. The sweet smile on his face was never lost. It spread brotherhood, friendship and agreement among people. He helped the poor and the needy and saw himself as a poor servant. Osman Sirajeddin asked people to work hard to earn a halal livelihood and encouraged people in this way. He would advise young people to learn useful knowledge and sciences. People came to him for important life decisions and he would guide them with divine inspiration. He was also an expert in herbal medicine and left a written record of it.