The Albanian Bektashi: History and Culture of a Dervish Order in the BalkansBloomsbury Publishing, 2019 M07 25 - 392 pages The Bektashi dervish order is a Sufi Alevite sect found in Anatolia and the Balkans with a strong presence in Albania. In this, his final book, Robert Elsie analyses the Albanian Bektashi and considers their role in the country's history and society. Although much has been written on the Bektashi in Turkey, little has appeared on the Albanian branch of the sect. Robert Elsie considers the history and culture of the Bektashi, analyses writings on the order by early travellers to the region such as Margaret Hasluck and Sir Arthur Evans and provides a comprehensive list of tekkes (convents) and tyrbes (shrines) in Albania and neighbouring countries. Finally he presents a catalogue of notable Albanian Bektashi figures in history and legend. This book provides a complete reference guide to the Bektashi in Albania which will be essential reading for scholars of the Balkans, Islamic sects and Albanian history and culture. |
Contents
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Chapter 3 The Tekkes and Shrines of the Albanian Bektashi | 177 |
Chapter 4 Noted Historical And Legendary Figures Of The Albanian Baktashi | 273 |
Glossary Of Terms | 320 |
Notes | 324 |
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Common terms and phrases
Albania Tekke Albanian Bektashi Anatolia Ashura Asim Baba Baba Ahmet Baba Hysen Baba Rexheb Baba Rexheb 1970 Balkans Bektashi community Bektashi dervishes Bektashi Order Bektashi religious figure Bektashi tekke Berat buried campaign against religion Clayer communist campaign Dede Baba dervishes dervishia District District of Përmet Durballi Sultan Durrës Elbasan Evliya Çelebi F. W. Hasluck fortress Frashëri Fushë Kruja Fuzûlî Gjakova Gjirokastra gjyshata grave Haji Bektash Hasan Haxhi holy Hysejn Ibrahim Imam Husein Istanbul Janissaries Kanina Konitsa Korça Kruja kryegjysh Leskovik Location Macedonia Mahmud II Margaret Hasluck Martanesh Meleq monastery Mount Tomorr mountain Muhammed Muslim Mustafa Naim Naim Frashëri nationalist nineteenth century Ottoman Përmet pilgrimage pir evi Qazim Robert Elsie Saint Salih Sari Saltik sheikh Shemimi shrine Sinan Pasha southern Albania Sunni survived until 1967 Tahir Tekke of Baba tekke of Melçan tekke of Prishta Tepelena Tirana tomb took town Turan türbe Turkey Turkish tyrbe village visited Vlora