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
editList of dedebabas following the 1925 exodus of the Bektashi Order from Turkey to Albania:
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg)
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Salih Nijazi (1876–1941) |
20 March 1930[2] | 28 November 1941 |
| 11 years, 8 months and 8 days | ||||
| 2 | 
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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 |
|
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|
20 July 1993 | 2 April 2011 |
| 17 years, 8 months and 13 days | ||||
| 8 | 
|
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|
11 June 2011 | Incumbent |
| 13 years, 5 months and 4 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).