Bektashi Dedebabate

Bektashi Dedebabate is the religious leadership of Bektashi Islam. The term Dedebaba comes from Turkish and means "The grandfather.'" ^[1] The dedebabas (Albanian : kryegjysh) are the spiritual and religious leaders of the Bektashi community. ^[2] Bektashis do not consider them to be divinely appointed leaders. The current and eighth Bektashi debebaba is Baba Mondi.

List of dedebabas

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 [3]	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
			14 years and 13 days

See also

• Dede (religious figure)
• Baba (in Albanian)
• List of Bektashi topics (in Albanian)

References

1. "baba, dede in English - Turkish-English Dictionary | Glosbe". glosbe.com. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
2. 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.
3. 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).

External links

• Persecution of Bektashi clergy