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Salih Nijazi (15 March 187628 November 1941) was Bektashi Dedebabate, Dedebaba of the Bektashians from 1930 until his death in 1941. He was the last Dedebaba of Turkey and the first Dedebaba of Albania.
Sali Njazi Dede Baba
(Kryegjyshata Botërore Bektashiane) Salih Nijazi established the World Headquarters of the Bektashi movement () in Tirana. Nijazi himself became dedebaba reportedly on 20 March 1930.90-vjetori i ardhjes në Shqipëri të Kryegjyshit Botror të Bektashinjve, Sali Niazi Dedei
/ref> The construction of the headquarters was finished in 1941 during the Italian occupation of Albania. In Albania, he introduced major Bektashi ceremonies that were traditionally held at well-known tekkes in places such as Hacıbektaş in central Turkey, Dimetoka (Didymoteicho) in Thrace (Greece), Karbala in Iraq, and also Göztepe, Kadıköy in Istanbul.
On 28 November 1941, Salih Nijazi Dede was murdered by unknown people. His murder remains unsolved, with Albanians claiming that he was murdered by Italian fascism, Italian fascists as part of a terror campaign against the National Liberation Movement (Albania), Albanian National Liberation Movement, while Italians claimed that he was murdered by brigands (''see also'' World War II in Albania).
Biography
Early life
Salih Nijazi was born on 5 March 1876 in Starja, a village in the Kolonja region of southeastern Albania, which was then in the Ottoman Empire. He and his family emigrated to Istanbul when he was young. He received a Bektashi education at the ''Haji Bektash Veli Complex, pir evi'' of Haji Bektash Veli in Hacıbektaş (Hacıbektaşköy), central Turkey.Religious leadership
In 1897, Salih Nijazi served as a ''muhib'' under Fejzi Dede of Maricaj. In 1908, he rose to the rank of ''baba'', and was then sent to serve in Albania. When he returned to the Haji Bektash Veli Complex, ''pir evi'' of Haji Bektash Veli, he was appointed as a ''gjysh'' (dede). In 1916, Salih Nijazi was appointed Dedebaba (kryegjysh) of the Bektashi Order, succeeding Fejzi Dede. However, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk banned all dervish orders and their khanqah, tekkes in 1925 as part of the Kemalism#Liquidationism, secularization of Turkey. He unsuccessfully appealed to Atatürk, saying that the Bektashis had helped him gain power in Turkey. As a result, the Bektashis were forced to move outside Turkey and soon operated primarily from Albania. In 1930,(Kryegjyshata Botërore Bektashiane) Salih Nijazi established the World Headquarters of the Bektashi movement () in Tirana. Nijazi himself became dedebaba reportedly on 20 March 1930.90-vjetori i ardhjes në Shqipëri të Kryegjyshit Botror të Bektashinjve, Sali Niazi Dedei
/ref> The construction of the headquarters was finished in 1941 during the Italian occupation of Albania. In Albania, he introduced major Bektashi ceremonies that were traditionally held at well-known tekkes in places such as Hacıbektaş in central Turkey, Dimetoka (Didymoteicho) in Thrace (Greece), Karbala in Iraq, and also Göztepe, Kadıköy in Istanbul.
Death
On 28 November 1941, Salih Nijazi Dede was murdered by unknown people. His murder remains unsolved, with Albanians claiming that he was murdered by Italian fascism, Italian fascists as part of a terror campaign against the National Liberation Movement (Albania), Albanian National Liberation Movement, while Italians claimed that he was murdered by brigands (''see also'' World War II in Albania).
References
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