Map of the Princedom (Emirate) of Ramazanogullari

In my ongoing search for writing the Ramadanids Book, I found this old map from the time Prince Ibrahim conquered the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and it became the Sons of Ramadan Princedom, and some call it Kingdom.

I have a high resolution A2 size copy, if anyone of you is interested in receiving a print, please let me know. It is nice to frame and keep.

It shows the Area (the darkened section across from Cyprus) where Ramazanoglu ruled, the emirate was 5 times the size of Lebanon, as you can see from the Map.

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All Family Members Are Encouraged to Attend the Ramazanoglu Reunion. Spouses and Children are welcomed especially 6+

Members of the Ramadan, Ramazanoglu, Ramazanzade Family are encouraged to bring their 6+ Children to the First Ramazanoglu Family Reunion in Adana 2015.

If your budget allows, you are highly encouraged to bring your spouse and all Children above 6 years of age.

You may bring your whole family if you wish, but 6+ children will never forget this trip and will have a special section in memory about their roots.

First Ramazanoglu (Ramadan & Ramazanzade) International Family Reunion and Heritage Tour Coming Up

2015 has arrived.  The best weather to make a trip to Adana, Turkey is in May.

RAMAZANOGLU AILESI.  DATE SET: MAY 1 to 3, 2015 ADANA.

So we decided to set the tentative date for the First Ramazanoglu International Family Reunion in Adana from April 30 to May 4, 2015 and till May 5 for extended Tour.

Ulu Cami in Adana - The Great Mosque (built by Prince Halil and Prince Piri Ramazanoglu - 500 years ago)

If you are a Ramadan from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Falestine, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, North America, South America, Europe, or literally anywhere else in the world and you know that you are of Turkish Origin, this will be of interest to you and your family.

Our family name in Turkey prior to 1914 was RamazanZade, starting in 1936 family names ending with Zade were banned for they denote a Son from house of rule or royalty, and everyone had to use their FatherName+Oglu... then in 1938 Turkish law allowed the use of Ramazanoglu + Ramazanogullari to whoever wanted, but this complicated matters as not all changed back to Ramazanzade and many non-Ramazanoglu became Ramazanoglu.

In other countries such as Lebanon, they had to drop Zade and they kept Ramadan.

Some descendants of Prince Piri Mehmet Pasha's Great Grand Daughters also took on the Ramazanoglu last name in 1938, but most of them are really HassanPashZade in accordance to their Y-chromosomal lineage, but they remain cousins and are welcomed to the reunion.

June 2013 Ramazanoglu Family Reunion in Adana (primarily Turkish Families of today)

Current research shows only one family in Turkey which had the Ramazanzade surname, and this is our true Y-chromosomal Lineage Ottoman Royal Turkish Family.  So if you believe you belong let us know why and read on...

Ramazanoglu Konagi in Adana - Ranazanoglu Mansion (built 520 years ago)

Now that the new Ramazanoglu Mosque is nearly completed, it is a great opportunity to all meet one another and take a chance to tour and learn about the family heritage.

Samer Osman Ramazanoglu who inherited the job of family historian from the late Sharif Ramadan in Beirut has spent the past 4 years researching the family history in hopes of organizing this reunion/heritage tour and publish a high-end Coffee Table Art Book about the Ramazanoglu Family and Heritage.

In 2013, Samer helped organize a Turkish Family reunion where 65 family members gathered in Adana.  This year, it is time for the First International Family Reunion.

لم شمل بني رمضان العالمي الاول وجولة تراثية في تاريخ العائلة

المدعووين: أحفاد بني رمضان ذات الجذور التركية (اناث وذكور)

العائلات المشتقة من بني رمضان: رمضان، بن رمضان، رمضان اوغلو، رمضان زادة

وصلت سنة ٢٠١٥ المنتظرة وافضل وقت لزيارة اضنة في تركيا عندما يكون الطقس الجميل وهو في اوائل شهر أيار (مايو)

التاريخ المبدئي للم الشمل والجولة حددناه من ٣٠ نيسان والى ٤ أيار من هذه السنة ٢٠١٥ والى ٥ أيار لمن يريد ان يقضي ايام اضافية في رحلة سياحية الى كابادوكيا ومرسين.

 فإذا كنت تنتمي الى عائلة رمضان التركية الأصل من أضنة نود ان نسمع منك ...والمعلوم ان بني رمضان هاجرو الى بلاد كثيرة منها سوريا (لولاية امراءها لدمشق وحلب) ومصر لولاية احد باشاتها لمصر وآخر للسودان وابناء رمضان تبوؤا مناصب كبيرة في خدمة العثمانيين في لبنان وفلسطين وذلك منذ وقت السلطان سليم ومن بعده السلطان سليمان القانوني... وهناك من هاجر الى المملكة العربية السعودية.

ومنذ منتصف القرن التاسع عشر والى حلول الحرب العالمية هاجر العديد من ابناء رمضان الى جميع ارجاء المعمورة ومنهم من هاجر الى القارة الأمريكية في شمالها وجنوبها.

في سنة ١٩٣٦ ومع بداية العمل بقانون الاحوال الشخصية الذي سنه مصطفى كمال منع القانون استعمال زادة في الاسم لأنه يعني ابن الاصيل خلافاً عن اوغلو الذي يعني ابن فقط.  وقبل عام ١٩٣٦ كان اسم افراد العائلة من صلب الذكور يستخدمون اسم رمضان زادة اسماً للعائلة... اما بعد عام ١٩٣٦ تم منع استعمال هذا الاسم ففي لبنان تم حزف زادة وبقي رمضان اما في تركيا فالكثير استخدم اسم ابيه بدل اسم العائلة والبعض اختار رمضان اوغلو او رمضان اوغيلليري كإسماً للعائلة.

بالاجماع عائلة رمضان العريقة البيروتية منحدرين من عائلة رمضان زادة السنية التركية.  آل رمضان الشيعة في لبنان بعضهم اصلهم من شمال جنوب السعودية والبعض من الكويت ومنهم من البحرين ولا ينتسبون لعائلتنا.  البعض الأخر جاء من مردين ومنسوبون الى جد ليس ببعيد بإسم رمضان وهم ايضاً لا ينتسبون لعائلتنا.

في عام ١٩٣٨ احل القانون التركي اي شخص ان يتخذ اي اسم عائلة يريده فقرر العديد من احفاد بني رمضان الإناث ان يتبنو اسم عائلة بني رمضان بينما في الحقيقة اغلبهم من بني حسان باشا زادة.

البحث الذي اجريته في تركيا يظهر وجود عائلة واحدة باسم رمضان زادة المنسوبة للشيخ رمضان ابن يورغير وهو من ابناء عم ارتغرل والد السلطان عثمان الأول.

انتظرنا لعام ٢٠١٥ لأنها السنة التي من المفروض ان يتم فيها انتهاء تعمير جامع كبير وجديد باسم جامع بني رمضان وذلك نكريماً لعائلة رمضان من الحكومة التركية لعطاءاتها عبر التاريخ.

عام ٢٠١٣ لقد ساهمت في تنظيم لم شمل العائلة التي ما تزال في تركيا فوجدت نفسي في اجتماع بين ابناء حسان باشا زادة كما بين لنا بروفيسور يلماز كورت عميد كلية التاريخ في جامعة انقرة والذي كتب اطروحة الدكتوراه عن العائلة...فبتت الوحيد من بني رمضان في لم الشمل هذا الذي كان من صلب الذكور.

البرنامج يتضمن ٤ ايام واربع ليالي...

المتوقع ان نحجز غرف في فندق الهيلتون ٥ نجوم او في اوتيل بوتيك جميل اسمه بوسنالي اوتيل وذلك اذا سمح العدد لذلك.

RAMAZANOGLU FAMILY REUNION & HERITAGE TOUR.

Adana Hilton Hotel SA (5 Stars)

Set Dates:

I am also studying costs of creating Family Crest Pins for all and Special Family Crest Rings for Men.   Will also study costs of distributing a printout of an updated Family Tree.  And see if we can make copies of the Arabic version of the Ramazanoglu Kingdom Book that Cousin Subhi translated from Turkish book and produced.

Proceeds from the Reunion and Tour will fund ongoing research to write and publish the high quality Ramazanoglu Heritage Art Book.

This is a very customized special reunion and family heritage tour.

Planned Reunion and Tour Schedule:

Day 0: THURSDAY - Arrivals 

Afternoon or Evening, arrive to Adana and settle in Hotel.

MAY 1 - Day 1: FRIDAY - Adana Tour

7:00-8:45 am

Breakfast at Hilton or Bosnali Hotel

9:00 am

Take a walk across the ancient roman bridge to visit:

- Ramazanoglu Konagi (Reunion & Presentation and Souvenir Picture)

- Ramazanoglu Medresesi

- Ulu Cami  

- Ramazanoglu Koleji

1:00-2:00 pm: 

Friday Prayer at Ulu Cami

2:00-3:30 pm:

Lunch at Restaurant in old Ramazanoglu Bazar

3:30 pm - Walk thru old bazars to Yag Cami.

4:30 pm take the Bus to Ramazanoglu Cami at Turgut Ozal Blvd.

6:00 pm - Take Bus to Restaurant for Reunion Dinner Place (TBD).

8:30 pm - Return to Hilton Hotel.

Ucok Cemetery - where elders settled (about 900 years ago)

May 2 - Day 2: Saturday - Old Ucuk Cemetery & Kozan Tour

7:00-8:45 am

Breakfast at Hilton or Bosnali Hotel

9:00 am 

Take Bus to Ucuk Cemetery 15 Km southeast of Adana

9:20-10:30 am

Visit the 800-900 years old Uçok Cemetery and the first settlement Uçok Tribe Cave

10:30 am

Take Bus to Kozan (Old SIS, the Capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia that was conquered by Ibrahim sone of Sheikh Ramadan in 1352 AD. - about 70 km northeast of Adana)

11:45-12:30 pm 

Stop at the Buyuk Cami, in Kozan (first Mosque built by Ramazanoglu during Memluks time)

12:30-2:30 pm

Family Picnic lunch at the park at the foot of the Kozan Castle that Prince Ibrahim Ramazanoglu Conquered.

View from top of the Armenian Kingdom Sis Castle - Conquered by Prince Ibrahim son of Sheikh Ramadan

2:30-5:30 pm

Visit the Kozan Castle

5:30-7:00 pm

Take Bus back to Hilton Hotel.

Tarsus Ulu Cami - Great Mosque (built by Prince Ibrahim Ramazanoglu - where also exists the Tomb of Seth, son of Adam)

May 3 - Day 3: Sunday - Tarsus and Çamliyayla Namrun Dag tour

7:00-8:45 

Breakfast at Hilton or Bosnali Hotel

9:00 am

Take BUS to Tarsus City (50 km west of Adana)

9:45-12:15 pm 

Visit Ulu Cami (built by Prince Ibrahim Ramazanoglu, Eski Cami, Prince Kubad Pasha Ramazanoglu Medresesi, Tombs of Seth and Daniel. 

(All within walking distance)

Camliyayla in Namrun Dag, where many Ramazanoglus used to spend the hot summers.

12:15-1:30 pm 

Head by Bus to beautiful summer haven Çamliyayla/Mersin in Namrun Dag (Mount Namrun, 70 km north of Tarsus)

1:30 pm

Have lunch at the Camliyayla Top Restaurant next to the Forest.

4:00 pm 

Head to Namrun Dag Castle by Bus, stop to take photo in downtown Camliyayla

5:00-7:00 pm 

Head back by Bus to Hotel to Adana 

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Price is $245 per person for Reunion and Tour Package Only (Without Air fare and without Hotel B&B),   Day-1 Only Option: $175, and Economy Reunion 1/2 day: $75.

Click Here to check for final schedule and pricing.

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Please let me know how many members of the family would be interested. As it will help in the planning and hotel bookings.

INTERESTED?

if interested email me at:

ramazanoglu2013@gmail.com

or become a member of this Facebook Group: Ramazanoglu2015

Note: if enough people sign in from Lebanon, we can reserve a Direct Charter Flight from Beirut to Adana.

The Ramadanids Book in The Making Publisher Wants Your Contribution.

Samer Osman Bey Ramadan Oglu (Ramadan Zade) is now working on publishing a high-end hard cover book about the Ramadan Family, history, ancestors, rule, descendants and so on.  He has been compiling lots of data, pictures, and historical information about the family.  He plans to publish the book in 3 languages simultaneously within the same book - Turkish, Arabic and English.

If you have access or know anyone who has access to pertinent information, pictures, documents about the Ramadans, Ramazanoglu, Ramadan Zade, Ramazanzade, Ramazanogullari or their descendants across the globe, please send this information to Ramazanoglu2013@gmail.com

Ramadan Family Migrations:
During the Ottoman rule, the Ramadans held important administrative posts throughout the Ottoman Empire.  Ramazanoglu remains a prominent family in Turkey to date, with Mehmet Yildirim Ramazanoglu a member of the Turkish Parliament and a close advisor to Prime Minister Receb Tayyip Erdogan.  Many Ramazanoglus held high administrative posts in Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and other regions of the Ottoman empire.  Some sources list the Lebanon tree branch as descendants of the last Emir, Piri Mansour Pasha, others of Emir Ibrahim son of Emir Piri Mehmed Pasha, and some go back as early 1540 and lists Emir Mahmoud as they all had many sons spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa.  I recently discovered that the branch of Abdulgheni Efendi is a descendent from both Emir Piri Mehmet Pasha and his brother Kupad Pasha.

I am trying to complete the search to find out exactly which branches do we all come from, but from the records it would have to be one of what is mentioned above, as there are no other Ramadanzade Turkish or Turkomans in Lebanon other than our family.

Aaref Efendi Ramadan (Oglu) - The Last Daftardar of Beirut for the Ottomans

The sons of Abdul-Gheni Efendi Ramadan who lived in Beirut, and who happens to be my father's Great Grandfather, had numerous sons in key posts - Aaref Efendi was the Ottoman's last Daftardar in Beirut, Osman Bey was Director of Tripoli's Sea Port, Saadeddine Bey was Director of Saida Port, Mahmoud Bey was Director of Beirut Sea Port, Abdul-Majid was Director of Hayfa Sea Port and so on...  One of Abdul-Gheni Efendi Ramadan's daughters raised a notable son that was Taqieddine Al-Solh - Lebanon's Prime Minister in 1972 and the closest ally and supporter of Prime Minister Riadh Al-Solh (his cousin) one of Lebanon's leaders of Independence and one of its most prominent Prime Ministers and Grand Father of Prince Al-Walid Bin Talal.  Another of his daughters was Lebanon's First First Lady as the wife of Mohamad El-Jisr - Lebanon's Mufti during Independence.

After World War I, the French and British dissected the Ottoman Empire and with it divided the family throughout the Ottoman world.  Many wealthy Ramadans also migrated to the Americas and Europe in the early 1900's.  A small group moved to Makkah in Saudi Arabia a couple hundred years ago..

According to Sheikh Mahmoud Sami Ramazanoglu of Adana, one of Turkey's most prominent Sheikh Al-Islam, also known as Sultan al-Aarefeen, he documents his lineage to Khaled Bin-Alwalid form Bani Makhzum of Makkah.  Sheikh Sami passed away in 1984 in Al-Madina and was burried in Al-Baqie next to Khalifah Osman Bin Affan (RAA).  I found a 130+ years old family tree that documents the lineage to Al-Sahabi Khaled bin Al-Waleed thru his descendent Ahmet EsfandeyarZade, this tree is also found in Ottoman Archives court records.

The Ramazanoglus ruled with great modesty, perhaps this could be one of the reasons they lasted so long in rule.  They built mosques and Islamic schools wherever they went, this was their priority.  I only learned about my ancestors a couple of years ago after I started paying interest to the content of an old box left in my Grandfather's house who passed away back in 1970 (RA), I instantly called my brother Ziad Osman Bey in the US, he had co-built the new Worcester Islamic Center, the third largest mosque in the USA, and established Al-Huda Islamic School, and I told him, "guess what, bro, it's in your blood!".

I wished I had known about my family earlier-on, so I figured, why not try to reach out and tell others in the family, I am sure they would like to know as well.

We need more stories...more information...more details...more pictures. email to Ramazanoglu2013@gmail.com .

- Samer Osman Bey Ramadan Oglu

Are you of a Ramadan Family Origin, from Adana, Turkey?

If you are of the Ramadan family (Ramadan, Ramazan, Ramadan Zade, Ramazanzade, Ramazanoglu, Ramazanogullari, also known as Ramadanids) that originated from Adana or Tarsus or the Taurus Mountains in Turkey, we want to know about you.

Why a Reunion?
We believe the Ramadans, Ramadanzade, Ramazanoglu, or Ramadanids (descendants of Sheikh Ramadan son of Yoregur) are estimated to be about 20,000 spread around the world.  Only a few dozens today remain in Adana, Turkey.  We want to help educate every Ramadan to learn about their great history for they were good pious Muslims and great rulers of middle Turkey and cousins of the Ottomans, and to bring closer the family together in a virtual community and hopefully reunite for a great reunion gathering in Adana in 2015.  I believe that Sheikh Ramadan, our Great...Great Grand Father, would have definitely blessed this effort and loved the idea that his descendants are trying to reunite and get in touch.

Why 2015?
This is an important year as it marks the 650th Anniversary to the establishment of the Ramadanids Kingdom (Ramazanogullari) in Middle Turkey with Adana as its capital, for which the Ramadans ruled in succession for 256 years, making it one of the top 10 longest ruling in succession family dynasties in the world.  Also, the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is building a new great Mosque in Adana, the "Ramazanoglu Cami", in honor of the family and its great history and hopes to be completed in 2015.  In January of 2012, the Ramazanoglu Mansion became Adana's newest cultural center.

The date of the reunion has not been set yet, but it could be in May of 2015 just before the hot summer in the region where people can still enjoy the weather and leave on vacations before the month of Ramadan.

Contact Us:
So let us know if you are a Ramadan or your mother is one, and send us your contact and/or become a member of the Ramazanoglu group on facebook.  Also tell us if you would like to participate in either: 1) attending or 2) organizing the reunion or 3) both.

Use this link and click Like on this page.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/pages/Ramazanoglu/237100413039409?sk=wall

and email me your relationship to the family:
Ramazanoglu2013@gmail.com