Bektāshīy(y)a
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Bektāshīy(y)a. Turkish Derwish order, originating in about the 12th cent. CE, of a particularly eclectic kind. The traditional founder was Hajji Bektash Vali, but very little is known of him. They are
Shiʿite in so far as they acknowledge the Twelve Imāms, but different from other Muslims in disregarding such obligations as
ṣalāt, and in allowing
women to take part in rituals without the veil.
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The Seljuks of Anatolia: Their History and Culture According to Local Muslim Sources.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...denotes one of the branches of the Kubrawiyya. There are also a few anomalies of transcription from study to study: Hajji Bektash in Islam in Anatolia appears as Hacci Bektash in The Seljuks of Anatolia, but such inconsistencies are few and should cause...
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