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Sayyid Hajji
Bektash
Wali
بکتاش
15th century painting depicting Haji Bektash, located in Hajibektash complex
Personal
Born
c. 1209
Fushenjan, Nishapur, Khwarazmian Empire
Died
c. 1271
Suluca Karahöyük, Sultanate of Rum
Resting place
Haji Bektash Veli Complex, Nevşehir Province, Turkey 38°56′N34°33′E / 38.933°N 34.550°E / 38.933; 34.550
Religion
Islam
Parent
Sayyid Ibrahim (father)
Era
Medieval
Known for
Sufi mysticism
Muslim leader
Period in office
13th century
Influenced by
Ahmad Yasawi
Influenced
Imadaddin Nasimi, Yunus Emre, Pir Sultan Abdal, Sarı Saltık
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Historical figures
Haji Bektash Veli
Nesimi
Balım Sultan
Gül Baba
Bektashi Dedebabate
Sali Njazi
Ali Riza Dede
Kamber Ali
Xhafer Sadik
Abaz Hilmi
Ahmet Myftar
Baba Reshat
Baba Mondi
Bektashi sites
Kryegjyshata
Haji Bektash Veli Complex
Arabati Baba Teḱe
Durbalı Sultan Tekke
Hasan Baba Tekke
Tekke of Melan
Tekke of Frashër
Zall Tekke
Abbas Ali Türbe
Tomb of Gül Baba
Events
Ashura
Nevruz
World Bektashi Congress
Countries
Bektashism in Albania
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Haji Bektash Veli (Persian: حاجی بکتاش ولی, romanized: Ḥājī Baktāš Walī; Ottoman Turkish: حاجی بکتاش ولی, romanized: Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli; Albanian: Haxhi Bektash Veliu; c. 1209–1271) was an Islamic scholar, mystic, saint, sayyid, and philosopher from Khorasan who lived and taught in Anatolia.[1] His original name was Sayyid Muhammad ibn Sayyid Ibrāhim Ātā. He is also referred to as the "Sultan of Hearts"[2] and the "Dervish of the Dervishes".[3]
He is revered among Alevis for an Islamic understanding that is esoteric, rational and humanistic. Alevi and Bektashi Muslims believe the path of Bektash is the path of Haqq-Muhammad-Ali since they were the source of Bektash's teachings. He was one of the many figures who flourished in the Sultanate of Rum and had an important influence on the culture of Turkic nomads of Asia Minor.[4]
^C. Olsen: Celibacy and Religious Traditions. Oxford University Press. 1st Ed. 2007. Pg. 143–144
^"Haci Bektaş Veli's Commentary of Fatiha | the First Bektashi Teqe in America". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^"The Bektashi Order of Dervishes". bektashiorder.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011.
^Alexēs G. K. Savvidēs, Byzantium in the Near East: Its Relations with the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in Asia Minor, The Armenians of Cilicia and The Mongols, A.D. c. 1192-1237, Kentron Vyzantinōn Ereunōn, 1981, p. 116.
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