religious groups of Alevism and Bektashism. Bektashism originated in Anatolia as the followers of the 13th-century scholar Bektash, who himself studied under...

Rexheb, who was a famous Bektashi writer on Islamic mysticism and Bektashism. Haji Bektash Veli is considered one of the four poles (aqtab) of Anatolia by...

cultural heritage rather than actual religious belief. The acceptance of Bektashism amongst the Albanians was largely facilitated by the existent Bektashi...

Folk religious beliefs and practices exist in Bektashism. While Bektashism was originally founded as an Islamic Sufi order, it became widespread in the...

The Haji Bektash Veli complex (Turkish: Hacıbektaş Külliyesi) is an Alevi Islamic Cultural Monument of the Republic of Turkey, located in Hacıbektaş,...

Bektaş or Bektash is a Turkic name. Bektaş Demirel (born 1976), Turkish judoka Bektash of Kakheti (died 1615), Safavid military leader Bektash Khan Mirimanidze...

Janissaries became a dominant force in Ottoman politics, they adopted Bektashism as the corps' religion, while Sunni Islam dominated the Muslim millet...

Bektash Beg Torkman, also commonly referred to as Bektash of Kakheti (died 1615), was a Safavid military leader, who was the first member of the Qizilbash...

Bektashism places much emphasis on the concept of Wahdat al-Mawjud وحدة الوجود, the "Unity of Being" that was formulated by Ibn Arabi. Bektashism is...

Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabic: الْعَبَّاس اِبِنْ عَلي اِبِنْ أَبي طَالِبْ, c. 15 May 647 – 10 October 680 CE), also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl...

Bektash Khan (Persian: بکتاش خان), also known as Bektash Khan Gorji (Persian: بکتاش خان گرجی) (died 1639), was a Safavid official and gholam who served...

its separation from the Sunni. Under communist rule from 1945 - 1990, Bektashism was banned in Albania. Many "tekkes" (lodges) operate today in Albania...

Dedebaba Reshat Bardhi (4 March 1935 – 2 April 2011) was Dedebaba of Bektashism from 1991 to 2011. Bardhi was born on 4 March 1935 in village of Lusën...

that year, the new community has worked hard to revive the traditions of Bektashism in Albania. The World Headquarters in Tirana was officially reopened on...

whose adherents follow the mystical (bāṭenī) teachings of Ali and Haji Bektash Veli. Alevism is a blend of traditional 14th century Turkish beliefs, with...

Atatürk's secularising reforms and Albania would become the center of Bektashism where there were 260 tekes present. In 1929, the Bektashi order severed...

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Qutbi Bohra Hafizi Nizari Khoja Satpanth Ghulat Alawi Alevi Bektashi Bektashism and folk religion Qizilbash Ishiki Extinct Shi'a sects Ahl al-Kisa Muhammad...

from what is now Albania, Bosnia, Greece and Bulgaria were preferred." Bektashism became the official order of the Janissary corps in 15th century. The...

Canada, and the United States Islam → Sunni Islam, Islam → Sufism → Bektashism, Christianity Aleuts Eskaleut → Aleut Aleutian Islands (United States...

pilgrimage for Alevi and Bektashi from throughout Turkey and the world. Sufism Bektashism "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31...

surviving the attempted elimination of Bektashism by Ottoman Emperor Mahmud II in the early 1800s, the Haji Bektash Veli order sought to surpass the Alevi...

orders and Alevism Qizilbash Safaviyya Bektashism and folk religion Malamatiyya Qalandariyya Hurufism Bektashism Galibi Ni'matullāhī Scholarship Law Marja' (list)...

orders and Alevism Qizilbash Safaviyya Bektashism and folk religion Malamatiyya Qalandariyya Hurufism Bektashism Galibi Ni'matullāhī Scholarship Law Marja' (list)...

Part of a series on Bektashism Historical figures Haji Bektash Veli Nesimi Balım Sultan Gül Baba Bektashi Dedebabate Salih Nijazi Ali Riza Dede Kamber...

his grandfather as Malikdad. Apparently basing his calculations on Haji Bektash Veli's Maqālāt (Conversations), Aflaki suggests that Shams arrived in Konya...

Catholicism Italo-Albanian Church Albanian Greek-Catholic Church Orthodoxy Islam Sunnism Bektashism Judaism History of Albania Origin of the Albanians v t e...

Qutbi Bohra Hafizi Nizari Khoja Satpanth Ghulat Alawi Alevi Bektashi Bektashism and folk religion Qizilbash Ishiki Extinct Shi'a sects Ahl al-Kisa Muhammad...

his casket. The tomb, in 1916, represented the farthest influence of Bektashism in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While one source claims the only other...