Bektashi Dedebabate
Religious leadership of Bektashi Islam
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Bektashi Dedebabate is the religious leadership of Bektashi Islam. The term Dedebaba comes from Turkish and means the grandfather (grandfather+dad).[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 dedebaba 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 | .jpg) |
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 |  |
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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 |  |
Baba Mondi (born 1959) .svg){kind=small} |
11 June 2011 | Incumbent |
| 14 years, 8 months and 24 days | ||||
See also
- Dede (religious figure)
- Baba (in Albanian)
- List of Bektashi topics (in Albanian)