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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

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List of dedebabas following the 1925 exodus of the Bektashi Order from Turkey to Albania:

No. Portrait Name Term in office
1 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)
20 July 1993 2 April 2011
17 years, 8 months and 13 days
8 Baba Mondi
(born 1959)
11 June 2011 Incumbent
13 years, 5 months and 10 days

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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).
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