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.
The TekkeofMelan (Albanian: Teqeja e Milanit) is a khanqah (Albanian: tekke) and a famous pilgrimage site of the Bektashi Order of Sufism. It was built...
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...
of Albania in Gjirokastër County Tekkeof Martanesh, a Cultural Monument of Albania in Dibër County TekkeofMelan, a khanqah in Libohovë, Albania Teke...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ahmed Myftar in a small tekke near Drizar, Mallakastra. In the ten years of exile, this tekke served as the unofficial Mother Tekkeof the Bektashi community...
the religious leadership of Bektashi Islam. The dedebabas (Albanian: kryegjysh) are the spiritual and religious leaders of the Bektashi community. Bektashis...
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...
muhib (Sufi disciple) at the tekkeof Prishta by Baba Shaban, later becoming a dervish at the same tekke. At the tekkeof Prishta, he became known as Varf...
The Teqe of Bulqiza or Tekkeof Bulqiza (Albanian: Teqeja e Bulqizës) is a Bektashi tekke in the town of Bulqiza. It was founded in the nineteenth century...
once Bektashism had spread to Albania, and the Bektashi tekkes were primarily situated outside of Albanian towns, which allowed the order to maintain a...
(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...
Shaban at the tekkeof Baba Tahir in Prishta, Skrapar. He and Baba Shaban fled the tekke in January 1914, when Greece occupied Albanian tekkes and destroyed...
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...
1945 to 1948 at the tekkeof Kusum Baba. After the murder-suicide of Abaz Hilmi in March 1948, Ahmet Myftar was appointed Dedebaba of the Bektashi Order...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(then part of the Ottoman Empire). He served as a dervish under Baba Shemsi of the tekkeof Izmir in Turkey. He also served at the tekkeof Përmet and...