Bektashi Dedebabate
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Bektashi Dedebabate (Arabic: بكتاشى ضدببا) is the religious leadership of Bektashi Islam. The dedebabas (Albanian: kryegjysh) are the spiritual and religious leaders of the Bektashi community.[1] Bektashis do not consider them as divinely appointed leaders. The current and eighth Bektashi debebaba is Baba Mondi.
List of Dedebabas[]
No. | Name | Picture | Lifespan | Office held | Notes | |
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1 | Salih Nijazi | 1876–1941 | 20 March 1930[2] | 28 November 1941 | First Dedebaba | |
11 years, 8 months and 8 days | ||||||
2 | Ali Riza | 1882–1944 | 6 January 1942 | 22 February 1944 | Second Dedebaba | |
2 years, 1 month and 16 days | ||||||
3 | Kamber Ali | 1869–1950 | 12 April 1944 | 1945 | Third Dedebaba | |
0 or 1 year | ||||||
4 | Xhafer Sadik | 1874–1945 | 5 May 1945 | 2 August 1945 | Fourth Dedebaba | |
2 months and 28 days | ||||||
5 | Abaz Hilmi | 1887–1947 | 6 September 1945 | 19 March 1947 | Fifth Dedebaba | |
1 year, 6 months and 13 days | ||||||
6 | Ahmet Myftar | 1916–1980 | 8 June 1947 | 1958 | Sixth Dedebaba | |
9 or 10 years | ||||||
7 | Reshat Bardhi | 1935–2011 | 20 July 1993 | 2 April 2011 | Seventh Dedebaba | |
17 years, 8 months and 13 days | ||||||
8 | Edmond Brehimaj | 1959–present | 11 June 2011 | Incumbent | Former officer of Albanian Armed Forces. He opened the first Bektashi headquarter in Brussels. | |
10 years, 8 months and 21 days |
See also[]
- Baba (in Albanian)
- List of Bektashi topics (in Albanian)
References[]
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2019). The Albanian Bektashi: history and culture of a Dervish order in the Balkans. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78831-569-2. OCLC 1108619669.
- ^ Telegraf, Gazeta. "Kryegjyshata Botrore Bektashiane/ Sot, 90-vjetori i ardhjes në Shqipëri të Kryegjyshit Botror të Bektashinjve, Sali Niazi Dedei. Kryegjyshi Botror, Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj: Sot në Korçë zhvillohet aktiviteti për "Nderin e Kombit". Ja historia e plot e klerikut atdhetar".
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Categories:
- Bektashi dedebabas
- Bektashi Order
- Albanian Muslims
- Albanian religious leaders