Dervish (other)
A dervish is a Sufi Muslim ascetic. Dervish or darvish may also refer to: Movements * Dervish movement (Somali), the polity of Diiriye Guure * Sudanese Dervish or Muhammad Ahmad, mahdists Music * Dervish (band), an Irish folk band * Sufi whirling, a type of dance ** Whirling Dervishes People * Dervish Ali Astrakhani (died 1558), Khan of the Astrakhan Khanate * Dervish Bejah (1862–1957), Australian camel driver * Dervish Cara, Albanian revolutionary leader * Dervish Grady, a character in the ''Demonata'' series by Darren Shan * Dervish Hima (1872–1928), Albanian politician * Kamal Derwish (1973–2002), American citizen killed by the CIA * Yu Darvish (born 1986), Japanese baseball player Video games * An early name in development for Arbiter (Halo), The Arbiter in the ''Halo'' video game series * A profession in ''Guild Wars Nightfall'' * A type of cat in the ''Postal 2'', expansion ''Apocalypse Weekend'' * A car in the racing game ''Death Rally'' * A heavy fig ...
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Dervish
Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh (from fa, درویش, ''Darvīsh'') in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity A fraternity (from Latin language, Latin ''wiktionary:frater, frater'': "brother (Christian), brother"; whence, "wiktionary:brotherhood, brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club (organization), club or fraternal ... (''tariqah''), or more narrowly to a religious mendicant, who chose or accepted material poverty. The latter usage is found particularly in Persian and Turkish language, Turkish (''derviş'') as well as in Berber languages, Amazigh (''Aderwish''), corresponding to the Arabic term ''Fakir, faqīr''. Their focus is on the universal values of love and service, deserting the illusions of ego (''nafs'') to reach God in Islam, God. In most Sufi orders, a dervish is known to practice ''dhikr'' through physical exertions or religious practices to attain the ecstatic trance to reach God. Their most popular practic ...
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