Bektashi Order
Bektashism (, ) is a Sufi order of Islam that evolved in 13th-century western Anatolia and became widespread in the Ottoman Empire. It is named after the walī (saint) Haji Bektash Veli, with adherents called Bektashis. Origins of Haji Bektash's teachings can be traced back to the scholar Ahmad Yasawi of Turkestan. The highest title in Bektashi chain of succession is Dedebaba, followed by Halifebaba and Baba.
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The Bektashi Order is a branch of Islamic mysticism that originated in 13th-century Anatolia and spread throughout the Ottoman Empire, named after the spiritual teacher Haji Bektash Veli. It matters as an important historical and religious movement that shaped Ottoman Islamic practice, with a hierarchical leadership structure headed by the Dedebaba title.
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Key facts
- Organization.key_people
- Haji Bektash Veli – Patron Saint ʿAlī al-Aʿlā – Reorganizer who introduced the ideas of Nāimī Nesîmî – Ḥurūfī poet and a follower of Nāimī Balım Sultan Gül Baba – A Murshid of ʿAlī al-Aʿlā
- Organization.name
- Bektashism
- Organization.size
- 150px
- Organization.abbreviation
- Bektashism
- Organization.headquarters
- World Headquarters of the Bektashi, Tirana (Seat of the order)Haji Bektash Veli Complex, Nevşehir (Cultural)
- Organization.type
- Dervish order
- Organization.region
- Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Turkey, other Albanian and Turkish diaspora
- Organization.leader_title
- Dedebaba
- Organization.leader_name
- Baba Mondi (Bektashi Order)Ali Haydar Ercan(Turkish Bektashi Federation)Esma Ersin (Presidency of Alevi/Bektashi in Turkey)
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins and establishment
- Dedebabate
- Arabati Baba Teḱe controversy
- Proposed sovereign state
- Beliefs
- Poetry and literature
- Community hierarchy
- Administration
- World Bektashi Congress
- List of Dedebabas
- In Turkey (before 1930)
- In Albania (1930–present)
- Religious figures
- Gallery
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Bektashism (, ) is a Sufi order of Islam that evolved in 13th-century western Anatolia and became widespread in the Ottoman Empire. It is named after the walī (saint) Haji Bektash Veli, with adherents called Bektashis. Origins of Haji Bektash's teachings can be traced back to the scholar Ahmad Yasawi of Turkestan. The highest title in Bektashi chain of succession is Dedebaba, followed by Halifebaba and Baba.
The Bektashi Order of Tirana is currently led by Baba Mondi, recognized as the eighth Dedebaba, whose seat is at the order’s headquarters in Tirana, Albania.'''''' However, Bektashi Order of Tirana is not recognized by Turkish Bektashis, specifying that Bektashi principles require Dedebaba to be in Anatolia, and the Albanian chain of succession never had Dedebabate.
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