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According to legend, Kuresh lived in the village of ''Çeleqas'', which is part of the ''Depe'' ([[Karakoçan District|Karakoçan]]) district of [[Elazığ Province|Elazığ]], and later settled in the village of ''Zêve'' at the foot of Mount [[Duzgin Bawo]]. The forested area known as ''Zargovît'' was his kom, or winter pasture.{{Sfn|Çem|2009|p=113}}

There is mention of seven consecutive Kuresh (''Heft Kurêş'') in Dersim. According to Kekil, mentioned above, in the village of ''Zêve'' or, ''Dewa Kurêsan''/''Kurêsû'', where the Kures is said to have settled after Çeleqas, there are sites and dervish lodges associated with the "Heft Kurêş" (Seven Kuresh).{{Sfn|Çem|2009|p=116}} First Kuresh, known as Kuresh, Hajji Kuresh or Sayyid Sheikh Mahmud al-Kabir, was born in 1141, and his tomb is located in the village of Zarar (Yukarı Kayabaşı) in the ''Cingife'' ([[Yavuzeli]]) district of [[Gaziantep Province|Gaziantep]].{{Sfn|Çem|2009|p=117}} He is the son of Sheikh Mikail and was born in Hisn al-Mansur ([[Adıyaman]]), but as Mongol raids intensified, he left there and moved to the village of ''Çeleqas'' in Dersim, and from there he went to ''Zêve''.{{Sfn|Çem|2009|p=115}}

According to Taş, the ocaks common ancestor was Sayyid Mahmud al-Kabir, a [[dervish]] who arrived in the Dersim region at the beginning of the 13th century. Descended from the [[Ahl al-Bayt]], this dervish also used the pseudonym ''Quraysh'' to ensure that the name of the [[Muhammad in Islam|Prophet Muhammad]]'s tribe would not be forgotten.{{Sfn|Taş|2018a|p=195}} Some of those who stayed in the [[Mazgirt District|Mazgirt]] region also migrated to [[Nazımiye District|Nazımiye]] with the Kureysh after a while. Kureysh married there and had seven sons. Since his son named Haydar died at a young age, the lineage in Tunceli continued through his other six sons. Kureysh later left Nazımiye along with his numerous followers. After traveling to many places, he finally settled in Yukarı Kayabaşı, where he had another son named Sadr Kureysh.{{Sfn|Taş|2018a|p=195}}

The ''ocak'' also claims a connection with Sayyid Mahmud al-Khayrani, whose tomb is located in [[Akşehir]].{{Sfn|Çem|2009|p=118}} [Taş, 2019, 3254–3255]. Taş notes that a branch of the tribe, including the al-Khayrani, migrated from Dersim to [[Central Anatolia region|Central Anatolia]], and supports this claim by citing the names ''Kureyş'' and similar ones found in Ottoman records. [Taş, 2019, p. 3249]. [Taş, cemaati]. However, Gezik has questioned the theory that Mahmud al-Khayrani and Hajji Kuresh were connected. [Gezik, p. 195–197]. He has suggested that this may be a claim dating back to the 19th century, when attempts were made to establish organic ties between the [[Bektashism|Bektashi order]] and the Alevi Kurds. [p. 197].

=== Sources ===

* {{Cite book |last=Çem |first=Munzur |title=Dêrsim Merkezli Kürt Aleviliği: Etnisite, İnanç, Kültür ve Direniş |date=2009 |publisher=Vate Yayınevi |isbn=978-975-6278-53-6 |editor-last=Gündüz |editor-first=Deniz}}

* {{Cite journal |last=Taş |first=Kibar |date=2018a |title=Yazılı ve Sözlü Kaynaklar Işığında Kureyşan Ocağı'nın Gelenek ve Görenekleri |journal=The Journal of Social Sciences |volume=32 |pages=195–209}}