Bektashi Dedebabate is the religious leadership of
Bektashi Islam. The term ''Dedebaba'' comes from Turkish and means "The grandfather.'"
The dedebabas () are the spiritual and religious leaders of the
Bektashi
Bektashism (, ) is a tariqa, Sufi order of Islam that evolved in 13th-century western Anatolia and became widespread in the Ottoman Empire. It is named after the wali, ''walī'' "saint" Haji Bektash Veli, with adherents called Bektashis. The ...
community.
Bektashis do not consider them as divinely appointed leaders. The current and eighth Bektashi debebaba is
Baba Mondi
Edmond Brahimaj ( Albanian: Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj, born 19 May 1959), commonly known as Baba Mondi, is an Albanian religious leader and the eighth Bektashi Dedebaba (or Kryegjysh) of the Bektashi Order. He is the leader of the Bektashi M ...
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List of dedebabas
List of dedebabas following the 1925 exodus of the Bektashi Order from Turkey to Albania:
See also
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Dede (religious figure)
A dede (also called dedebaba) is a socio-religious leader in the Islamic Alevi and non-Islamic Ishikism, Ishiki community. It is one of the 12 ranks of Imam in Alevism. The institution of dede is the most important of all the institutions integr ...
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Baba
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List of Bektashi topics
References
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External links
Persecution of Bektashi clergy
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Bektashi Order
Albanian Muslims