Bektashi Dedebabate
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Bektashi Dedebabate 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
[edit]List of dedebabas following the 1925 exodus of the Bektashi Order from Turkey to Albania:
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg) | Salih Nijazi (1876–1941) | 20 March 1930[2] | 28 November 1941 |
| 11 years, 8 months and 8 days | ||||
| 2 |  | Ali Riza (1882–1944) | 6 January 1942 | 22 February 1944 |
| 2 years, 1 month and 16 days | ||||
| 3 |  | Kamber Ali (1869–1950) | 12 April 1944 | 1945 |
| 0 or 1 year | ||||
| 4 |  | Xhafer Sadik (1874–1945) | 5 May 1945 | 2 August 1945 |
| 2 months and 28 days | ||||
| 5 |  | Abaz Hilmi (1887–1947) | 6 September 1945 | 19 March 1947 |
| 1 year, 6 months and 13 days | ||||
| 6 |  | Ahmet Myftar (1916–1980) | 8 June 1947 | 1958 |
| 9 or 10 years | ||||
| 7 | | Baba Reshat (1935–2011) .svg){kind=small} | 20 July 1993 | 2 April 2011 |
| 17 years, 8 months and 13 days | ||||
| 8 |  | Baba Mondi (born 1959) .svg){kind=small} | 11 June 2011 | Incumbent |
| 13 years, 5 months and 7 days | ||||
See also
[edit]- Dede (religious figure)
- Baba (in Albanian)
- List of Bektashi topics (in Albanian)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Çuni, Nuri (28 January 2020). "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". Gazeta Telegraf (in Albanian).