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Bektaş Topaloğlu
Haji Bektash was a 13th-century Muslim preacher. Bektash or Bektaş may also refer to: Given names * Bektash of Kakheti (died 1615), Safavid military leader * Bektash Khan (died 1639), Safavid governor * Haji Bektash Veli, founder of the Bektashi order * Bektaş Demirel (born 1976), Turkish judoka Surname * Barış Bektaş (born 1976), Turkish politician * Cansu Bektaş (born 2003), Turkish female weightlifter * Emina Bektas (born 1993), American tennis player * Habib Bektaş (born 1951), Turkish-German writer Places * Bektash Abad, village in Iran * Bektaş, Ayvacık, a village in western Turkey * Bektaş, Giresun, a highland (yayla) in Giresun Province, Turkey * Bektaş, Vezirköprü, a village in northern Turkey Other uses * Bektashi Order The Bektashi Order; sq, Tarikati Bektashi; tr, Bektaşi or Bektashism is an Islamic Sufi mystic movement originating in the 13th-century. It is named after the Anatolian saint Haji Bektash Wali (d. 1271). The com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haji Bektash Veli
Haji Bektash Veli or Wali ( fa, حاجی بکتاش ولی, Ḥājī Baktāš Walī; ota, حاجی بکتاش ولی, Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli; sq, Haxhi Bektash Veliu) (1209 – 1271) was a Muslim mystic, saint, Sayyid and philosopher from Khorasan who lived and taught in Anatolia.C. Olsen: Celibacy and Religious Traditions. Oxford University Press. 1st Ed. 2007. Pg. 143–144/ref> He is revered among Alevis for an Islamic understanding that is esoteric (spiritual), rational, progressive, and humanistic. Alevi and Bektashi Muslims believe the path of Haji Bektash is the path of ʿAli ibn Abu Talib, since Ali was the source of Bektash's teachings. His original name was "Sayyid Muhammad ibn Sayyid Ibrāhim Ātā". He was one of the figures who flourished in the Sultanate of Rum and had an important influence on the Turkish nomads of Asia Minor. He is also referred to as ''the Sultan of Hearts'' and ''the Derwish of the Derwishes''. Haji Bektash Veli was a descendant of Musa Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bektash Of Kakheti
Bektash Beg Torkman, also commonly referred to as Bektash of Kakheti (died 1615), was a Safavid military leader, who was the first member of the Qizilbash to govern Kakheti. Biography Bektash's father was an influential Qizilbash commander named Mohammad Khan Torkman, while his mother was a daughter of king Alexander II of Kakheti. As Alexander II was the father of Constantine, and Constantine himself was married to a sister of Bektash, Bektash and Constantine were brother-in-laws as well as cousins at the same time. According to Professor Hirotake Maeda, this was part of king Abbas I (r. 1588–1629) intentions to make the Bagrationis and Qizilbash leaders related to each other by blood, and to incorporate them into Safavid elite society. A member of the "Torkman tribe", who traditionally held the governorship of Tabriz, Bektash was sent to Kakheti by Abbas I together with Prince Constantine and fellow Torkman tribesmen in 1604-1605. In the ensuing period in Kakheti, Constatine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bektash Khan (governor Of Baghdad)
Bektash Khan ( fa, بکتاش خان), also known as Bektash Khan Gorji ( fa, links=no, بکتاش خان گرجی) (died 1639), was a Safavid official and ''gholam'' who served as the governor (''beglarbeg'') of Baghdad between 1631 and 1638, during the reign of Shah (King) Safi (r. 1629–1642). His tenure was brought to an end in 1638 when the Ottomans captured the city during the ongoing Ottoman-Safavid War of 1623-39. Biography Bektash Khan was a member of the Mirimanidze clan, whose members had steadily risen through the Safavid ranks with the advent of the reign of Shah Abbas I (1588-1629), but had held influential positions priorly as well. After the death of his nephew Safiqoli Khan (Mirman Mirimanidze), Bektash Khan succeeded him to the governorship of Baghdad. Bektash Khan made considerable repairs to the fortifications that were damaged in the previous sieges. He also built extensive outworks to prevent the enemy from approaching the walls. During the decisive Ott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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