![]() ![]() Bektashis slowly regained freedom with the coming of the Tanzimat era. This decision was supported by the Sunni religious elite as well as the leaders of other, more orthodox, Sufi orders. Their tekkes were destroyed and their revenues were confiscated. Many Bektashi dervishes were exiled, and some were executed. In 1826, the Bektashi order was banned throughout the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Mahmud II for having close ties with the Janissary cops. Therefore they also became mainly associated with Anatolian and Balkan Muslims of Eastern Orthodox convert origin, mainly Albanians and northern Greeks (although most leading Bektashi babas were of southern Albanian origin). It became the official order of the Janissary corps, the elite infantry corp of the Ottoman Army. The branch became widespread in the Ottoman Empire, their lodges scattered throughout Anatolia as well as in the Balkans. It was originally founded as a Sufi movement. Main articles: Otman Baba, Arabati Baba Teḱe, Demir Baba Teke, Alians, Baba Rexheb, Ali Pasha of Tepelena, and Naim Frashëriīektashi Islam was founded in Anatolia in the 16th century by Balım Sultan. Bektashis are mainly founded throughout Anatolia and the Balkans, and has been particularly strong in Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and among Ottoman era Greek Muslims from the regions of Epirus, Crete and Macedonia. Albania is the country with the most Bektashis, where they make up 20% of the Muslim population, and 2.5% of the country's population. The mystical practices and rituals of the Bektashi order were systematized and structured by Balım Sultan in the 16th century after which many of the order's distinct practices and beliefs took shape.Īccording to a 2005 estimate made by Reshat Bardhi, there are over seven million Bektashis worldwide. In 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 century), the Qalandariyya stream of Sufism, and to varying degrees the Shia beliefs circulating in Anatolia during the 14th to 16th centuries. The headquarters of the community, called Kryegjyshata in Albanian, are in Tirana, Albania.īektashis believe in the Twelve Imams, Fourteen Innocents and the modern-day Dedebabas. The community is currently led by Baba Mondi, the eighth Bektashi Dedababa. The adherents of Bektashi Islam are called Bektashi Muslims or simply Bektashis. It is named after Haji Bektash Veli, whom Bektashis claim heritage from. ![]() It was established by Balım Sultan in the 16th century. Bektashi is a Sufi Shī‘ah Imāmī Alevī Ṭarīqah (order), originating in the Ottoman Empire. ![]()
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