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The Tekke of Melan (Albanian: Teqeja e Milanit) is a khanqah (Albanian: tekke) and a famous pilgrimage site of the Bektashi Order of Sufism. It was built in 1800 in Libohovë, near Gjirokastër in southern Albania. The site lies on a hill overlooking the Dropull plain south of Gjirokastër, on the east side of the valley near the small village of Vlaho Goranxi.

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Tekke of Melan

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The Tekke of Melan (Albanian: Teqeja e Milanit) is a khanqah (Albanian: tekke) and a famous pilgrimage site of the Bektashi Order of Sufism. It was built...

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the death of Baba Tahir Emini, the dedelik of Tirana appointed Baba Edmond Brahimaj (Baba Mondi), formerly head of the Turan Tekke [sq] of Korçë, to oversee...

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Teke

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of Albania in Gjirokastër County Tekke of Martanesh, a Cultural Monument of Albania in Dibër County Tekke of Melan, a khanqah in Libohovë, Albania Teke...

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Teqe of Baba Ali

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The Teqe of Baba Ali (Albanian: Teqeja e Baba Aliut), or Teqe of Baba Abdullah, is a Bektashi tekke in the village of Alipostivan, Qendër Piskovë, Përmet...

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Zall Tekke

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The Zall Tekke (Albanian: Teqeja e Zallit) or Asim Baba Tekke (Turkish: Âsım Baba Tekkesi) is a Bektashi teqe in Gjirokastër, Albania. It is a Cultural...

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Haji Bektash Veli

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the Goztepe Tekke in Istanbul was given to the Naqshbandis during this period). Although the Bektashi order regained many of its lost tekkes during the...

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Bektashi Order

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the main tekke has been reopened in Tirana. In June 2011 Baba Edmond Brahimaj was chosen as the head of the Bektashi order by a council of Albanian babas...

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Reshat Bardhi

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Ahmed Myftar in a small tekke near Drizar, Mallakastra. In the ten years of exile, this tekke served as the unofficial Mother Tekke of the Bektashi community...

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Bektashi Dedebabate

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the religious leadership of Bektashi Islam. The dedebabas (Albanian: kryegjysh) are the spiritual and religious leaders of the Bektashi community. Bektashis...

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Alevism

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The next level above dervish is that of baba. The baba (lit. father) is considered to be the head of a tekke and qualified to give spiritual guidance...

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Ali Tomorri

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muhib (Sufi disciple) at the tekke of Prishta by Baba Shaban, later becoming a dervish at the same tekke. At the tekke of Prishta, he became known as Varf...

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Teqe of Bulqiza

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The Teqe of Bulqiza or Tekke of Bulqiza (Albanian: Teqeja e Bulqizës) is a Bektashi tekke in the town of Bulqiza. It was founded in the nineteenth century...

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Bektashism in Albania

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once Bektashism had spread to Albania, and the Bektashi tekkes were primarily situated outside of Albanian towns, which allowed the order to maintain a...

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Salih Nijazi

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(kryegjysh) of the Bektashi Order, succeeding Fejzi Dede. However, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk banned all dervish orders and their tekkes in 1925 as part of the secularization...

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Abaz Hilmi

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Shaban at the tekke of Baba Tahir in Prishta, Skrapar. He and Baba Shaban fled the tekke in January 1914, when Greece occupied Albanian tekkes and destroyed...

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Haji Bektash Veli Complex

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Cultural Monument of the Republic of Turkey, located in Hacıbektaş, Nevşehir province. It was built in the 13th century as a teqe (dergâh) of the Sufi saint...

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Ahmet Myftar

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1945 to 1948 at the tekke of Kusum Baba. After the murder-suicide of Abaz Hilmi in March 1948, Ahmet Myftar was appointed Dedebaba of the Bektashi Order...

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World Headquarters of the Bektashi

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Garden The tyrbe of Ahmet Myftar Dede at the Kryegjyshata Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bektashi World Center. List of Bektashi tekkes and shrines...

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Kasim Baba

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returned to Kastoria, and another of leaving his hand in the city of Elbasan. A turbe (burial moment) and a Bektashi tekke dedicated to Kasim Baba were both...

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Teqe of Bllaca

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The Teqe of Baba Isuf (Albanian: Teqeja e Baba Isufit) or Teqe of Bllaca (Albanian: Teqeja e Bllacës) is a Bektashi tekke in the village of Bllacë, Dibër...

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Baba Rexheb

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Islamic scholar and Sufi. He was the founder and the head of the Bektashi Sufi lodge (tekke) located in Taylor, Michigan, United States. Baba Rexheb was...

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Hasan Baba Tekke

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Hasan Baba Tekke (Greek: Τεκές Χασάν Μπαμπά) is a former tekke (a house for the gathering of dervishes) in the Vale of Tempe, Greece. The tekke is a large...

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Xhafer Sadik

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(then part of the Ottoman Empire). He served as a dervish under Baba Shemsi of the tekke of Izmir in Turkey. He also served at the tekke of Përmet and...

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