Who Is Abdurrahman Gazi?

Who is the person lying under the abdurrahman gazi tomb, which is one of the most recognized visiting places in erzurum? does this person stated as ‘abdurrahman gazi, one of the high companions of prophet muhammad’ in the records, refer to a real person? almost all of the studies done on this issue consisted of information about the tombs, zawiyahs, endowments and the people who worked in these places. in this article, the conquest of erzurum and the companions of prophet muhammad who came to erzurum as well as the ones who came to anatolia are handled. among these, the ones whose names were abdurrahman as well as being related to erzurum were researched. after this, by dealing with the ones whose personal record was abdurrahman and who had the qualities mentioned in the records, the identity of abdurrahman gazi was tried to be determined.