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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Qalandar. Eastern name for holy beggars, perhaps derwishes. The name occurs in the Thousand and One Nights, as though the Qalandars are a particular sect; but although they have been associated with the Bektāshīy(y)a, it seems more probable that they were unorganized and simply took to begging as a way of life.

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