Media in category bektashi order the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Chapter thirty the ottoman empire, judaism, and eastern. The bektashi order acted as companions to the ottoman janissaries 4, and were suppressed by ataturk 5. Geographical distribution of the bektashi annual of the. Perhaps the most important justification, however, for studying the bektashi order is the fact, generally recognized by all students of turkish culture today, that all down through ottoman history, when the orthodox religious life of the people was under dominant arabic influence. Bektashi properties were turned over to naqshbendi dervishes.
Part of the interview with bektashi sufi dervish from arabati baba te. She is a bektasi albanian as well and asked me thr same exact questions before haha. The bektashi sufi order has long been recognized for its tolerant and broadminded interpretation of islam. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. The name refers to the founder in the middle ages, haji bektashi veli, and is mainly reserved for townspeople while the members of this group who belong to the formerly illiterate rank and file who have their roots in the anatolian countryside are usually known as ale vis. Mevlana museum in konya, turkey, is the mausoleum of rumi, a sufi mystic. As the bektashi order spread throughout the lands of the nascent ottoman. Ali turabi baba, postnisin of the bektashi tekke on mt. Paper prepared for the second euroacademia international. It is a rigorous path of initiation and service continually adapting itself to changing circumstances and times. In the case of bektashism as a conglomerationmixture of many. Abstract this article explores the forays of alevi and bektashi writers into the genres of quranic interpretation and translation. Some of them or their remains have survived to date such as. A study of velayetnames as a source for history the institute of economics and social sciences of bilkent university by riza yildirim in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree.
Because of its specific association with sufism and its ensuing identification with islam, dervishhood is an order comprised almost exclusively of muslim practitioners. It acquired definitive form in the 16th century in anatolia turkey and spread to the ottoman balkans, particularly albania originally one of many sufi orders within orthodox sunni islam, the bektashi order in the 16th century adopted tenets of the. For earlier studies of alevism and bektashism, with an emphasis on their syncretism, see, e. In between the dervish and the dedebaba is the baba who not only serves as the head of a lodge. Ive never really been one to talk about myself, but i do feel it is important for readers to know who they are reading about and to develop a rapport with, so here it goes. Thus, the structure of the bektashi order changed after the abolition without ceasing. Dec 04, 2004 in addition, the bektashi order of dervishes website link fixed, dec. The bektashi order bektasi tarikat the bektashi emerged in the th century under haji bektash veli, and combines elements of numerology and shiism with sunni islam. Download to endnoterefman ris metadata show full item record. Though hadji bektash is regarded by them as having lived unmarried, balum sultan is considered as the peculiar patron of the celibate branch. The bektashi order is a sufi order and shares much in common with other islamic mystical movements, such as the need for an experienced spiritual guidecalled a baba in bektashi parlance as well as the doctrine of the four gates that must be traversed. Sheikh nuruddin is a dervish at a sarajevo monastery in the eighteenth century during the turkish occupation. The characteristic of these three poems is that the last 5 john kingsley birge, the bektashi order of dervishes london.
Bektash as their patron saint and the order of bektashis as their spiritual. Oct 05, 2018 the albanian bektashi sufi tariqa is a heterodox, liberal shia metaphysical order, constituting the only indigenous shia community in europe, except for some alevibektasis in bulgaria and trakya european turkey or thrace, and the descendants of turkish and kurdish immigrants in western europe. Also the dervish lodge of the mevlevi order known as the whirling dervishes. Olsi jazexhi, the bektashi tarikah of dervishes, 2007, pdf. Secret practices of the sufi freemasonsthe bekhtashi sufi. The first document of this land was issued by ahmed i 16031617, in a rescript of. The bektashi dervishes and the young turks the bektashi dervishes and the young turks ramsaur, ernest 19420101 00. The bektashi order of dervishes john kingsley birge sufism.
Bektashi sufi dervish from tetovo, macedonia youtube. The bektashi order short for shiah imami alevibektashi. In his essay the bektashi pages, naim frasheri 18461900, a man often hailed as the father of modern albanian literature, discusses the moral and ethical values of the faith of his youth. The constantly recurring migrations across central asia brought not only celts and huns, mongols and turkish tribes but thoughts and artifacts from china and india, and spiritual leaders in the classic eastern form of wandering holy mystics. Urtesia bektashiane or bektashi wisdom which documents and disseminates a. The bektashi tarikah of dervishes olsi jazexhi algiers, 1092007 the bektashis in history the bektashi tarikah of dervishes that nowadays is known as a muslim religious community in albania komuniteti bektashian, is an islamic sufi order tariqat that embraces a considerable portion of the muslim population of albania. Even though he is considered to be the first pir of the bektashis, the bektashi order itself was established by a sufi master named balim sultan d. Jewish dervishes aghajaan darvish and his brother, patriarchs of the darvish family.
The bektashi order of dervishes john kingsley birge free ebook download as pdf file. Olsi jazexhi, the bektashi tarikah of dervishes, 2007. Bektasilik, is a dervish order tariqat named after the th century persian 1234 featured alevi walicontent. The bektashi were strongly associated with the janissary corps, a military unit of slavesoldiers that was abolished in 1826. They originated as an islamic movement among turkic people and are named for hunqar haji bektash veli 120971, who was born in eastern iran and composed verse in. In the islamic world, the bektashi are traditionally looked upon as heretics. Tomori in albania writing in his historija e bektashinjvet 3 says that before the destruction of the janissaries in 1826 and the accompanying abolition of the bektashi order, annual statistics were kept, and that these figures showed the number bektashis to be 7,370,000 seven million. I swear to god vallahi i read this and thought for a second my friend wrote this question. For centuries the bektashi order controlled the most productive and lucrative salt mines in the ottoman empire. Bektashi order talk read edit view history from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia variants more main page contents the bektashi order turkish. It was alleged that mehmet ii vowed to behead seventy thousand bektashis, and that when he could not find that many to execute he ordered the headpieces to be cut off bektashi tombstones. Competing identities among the balkan alevi and bektashi c. The present work looks like it could become the new standard reference work on the subject.
Bektashi dervish order variously associated with them in the region, which has continued until very recently, was caused to a great degree by objective factors such as the difficult access by west european or turkish researchers to these communities, their religious and cultic sites s. In that history publicity is given to the tradition of the first blessing of the janissary soldiers. In order to get some clear and crucial information about the bektashi order, we have to study even shortly some historical events which took place at that time of its rise. Aug 26, 2012 part of the interview with bektashi sufi dervish from arabati baba te.
The mevlevi path the mevlevi path has for seven centuries offered spiritual training based on the principles of sufism. The origin of the bektashi order of dervishes belongs to the many sufi. Oct 14, 2018 further notes on the literature of the hurufis and their connection with the bektashi order of dervishes. Mount tomorr, near berat, albania, has bektashi tekkas and graves of saints. Bektashiyyah, turkish bektasi, order of sufi mystics founded, according to their own traditions, by. Further notes on the literature of the hurufis and their connection with the bektashi order of dervishes. Pdf a political history of bektashism in albania researchgate. Bektashi order article about bektashi order by the free. Where to find the historical information as historical background knowledege about the bektashi order of dervishes if we go back to the history publicity by hammer, we can find the first written information about the tradition of first blessing of the janissary soldiers at their begining by hadji bektash veli hac. Bektashi is a sufi order named after a th century persian saint, haji bektashi veli. Search search go to wikipedia indonate addition to the spiritual teachings of haji bektash veli, the bektashi order was later significantly influenced during its formative period by the hurufis in the early 15th wikipedia store century.
Moreover, it is known that the bektashi tradition in the nineteenth. Albert doja says they began in the th or 14th century. The bektashi dervishes and the young turks, the muslim world. This paper joins the literature concerned with ottoman legacies in europe by considering the case of bektashiyya, a sufi order of islam and a system of beliefs and practices that originated with haxhi bektash veli the th century spiritual leader. Initially, some bektashi disciples were exiled, and others were executed in istanbul. Between middle eastern heterodoxy, indigenization and. The bektashi order of dervishes in contemporary albania. The order, whose headquarters is in tirana, albania, is mainly found throughout anatolia and the balkans, and was. Bektashism is a sufi order and shares much in common with other islamic mystical movements, such as the need for an experienced spiritual guidecalled a baba in bektashi parlanceas well as the doctrine of the four gates that must be traversed.
The bektashi order, is named after the th century alevi wali saint haji bektash veli from khorasan, but founded by balim sultan. It acquired definitive form in the 16th century in anatolia turkey and spread to the ottoman balkans, particularly albania. Bektashi is a relatively obscure sufi order, which used to be spread out in the middle eastern area, but relocated to the territory of albania due to historic events. The bektashi order was widespread in the ottoman empire, their lodges being scattered throughout anatolia as well as many parts of particularly the southern balkans especially albania, bulgaria, epirus, and both vardar macedonia and greek macedonia and also in the imperial city of bektashi order bektashi khanka on the kuz. Pdf initiation into the bektashi sufi order is formalized as the initiate is led. Bektashija, an order of dervishes and the members of this order. They are beautiful and along with the new displays of the history of the tekke, help keep the memory of baba rexheb always with us, along with his loyal dervish, baba arshi. A sizeable religious minority in turkey, alevi and bektashi authors are relative newcomers to these fields and their cultivation of contemporary quranic literature resembling that of their sunni counterparts is a significant development.
The beliefs of the bektashi are a mixture of various elements of muslim mainly shiite and christian sectarianism. Search for the longing of the dervish books in the search form now, download or read books for free, just by creating an account to enter our library. The other face of islam during the ottoman reign, numerous bektashi lodges spread across istanbul. The bektashi order or tariqa in arabic language or tarikat in albanian language is a shia sufi order within the islam religion that understands the real mystic doctrine of islam in a nondogmatic way. The origin of the bektashi order of dervishes belongs to the many sufi movements.
The bektashi dervishes represent one of the most remarkable phenomena in the history of islamic spirituality, or sufism. Originally one of many sufi orders within orthodox sunni. The bektashi order of dervishes john kingsley birge. To the internet archive community, time is running out. Bektashi bektashija, an order of dervishes and the members of this order. The bektashi tekkes were destroyed and their waqf revenues were confiscated. When his brother is arrested, he descends into the kafkaesque world of the turkish authorities in order to find out what has happened.
The bektashi order of dervishes originated as one of the many. Bektashiyyah, order of sufi mystics founded, according to their own traditions, by. Pdf the bektashi tarikah of dervishes olsi jazexhi. From companionship to hierarchy in the history of bektashism. Article information, pdf download for birge, john kingsley.
Communities arose within sufism 2, and by the 12th century had established themselves in the middle east 3. The bektashi are best known as an order of dervishes, but, as in other orders, professed dervishes form only the hierarchy of their organisation, the rank and file being laymen called miihibx openl frieny od r secretly subscribing to thei. More than 1 million books in pdf, epub, mobi, tuebl and audiobook formats. A political history of bektashism in albania 101 it can be showed that in these texts there is an effort to comply with the dogma of orthodox sunni islam to cover features of a categorically sufi.
Kodi archive and support file community software vintage software apk msdos cdrom software cdrom software library console living room software sites tucows software library shareware cdroms software capsules compilation cdrom images zx spectrum doom level cd. Here is a scan of the bektashi dervish flag poster. Jun 14, 2019 it is the legacy of baba rexheb, the founder of the taylor teqe the lhtje and so far only in north america and harbinger of the bektashi order to the western world. Bektasilik, is a dervish order tariqat named after the th. A crosscultural examination of the expressive culture of. These two factors can be as a strong foundation to understand a very important issue in this context. A study of velayetnames as a source for history the institute of economics and social sciences of bilkent university by riza yildirim in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of master of arts in history in the department of history bilkent university ankara september 2001. Rare account of this sufi order of islam based on first hand research remains the most influential and trustworthy account of the bektashi. Mount tomorr in albania is attractive not only for its picturesque landscapes and a rarely achievable solitude for a modern traveler, it is also a place of pilgrimage and a place of worship of the europes last bektashi order of dervishes. It was alleged that mehmet ii vowed to behead seventy thousand bektashis, and that when he could not find that many to execute he ordered the headpieces to be cut off bektashi tombstones until the count should be complete. The bektashi order of dervishes birge, john kingsley on. Konya muslim sufi whirling dervishes we come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust rumi sufi whirling on aladdin hill, atop konya district south of ankara.
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