Bayrami, Bayramiye, Bayramiyya, Bayramiyye, and Bayramilik refer to a Turkish Sufi order (

tariqah A tariqa (or ''tariqah''; ar, طريقة ') is a school or order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking '' haqiqa'', which translates as "ultimate truth". ...

) founded by Hajji Bayram ''( Hacı Bayram-ı Veli)'' in

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around the year 1400 as a combination of Khalwatī, Naqshbandī, and Akbarī Sufi orders. The order spread to the then Ottoman capital

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where there were several tekkes and into the

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(especially Rumelia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Greece). The order also spread into

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where a tekke was found in the capital,

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Influences on the other sufi orders

Although the order today is almost nonexistent, its influence can be seen in

Aziz Mahmud Hudayi Aziz Mahmud Hudayi (1541–1628), (b. Şereflikoçhisar, d. Üsküdar), is amongst the most famous Sufi Muslim saints of the Ottoman Empire. He was the third and last husband of Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan, granddaughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magn ...

founder of the

Jelveti Celvetîyye Tariqat or Jelveti is a Sufi order that was founded by ''"Akbıyık Sultan"'', a murid of Haji Bayram Veli in Bursa as ''"The tariqat of Bayramiyye-î Celvetîyye"'' and later reorganized by the Turkish saint Aziz Mahmud Hudayi. ...

order, and the prolific writer and Muslim saint İsmail Hakkı Bursevî.

Historical evolutionary development of ''"Bāyrāmī" (Bāirāmee)'' order throughout Anatolia

References

{{Authority control Sunni Sufi orders Bayramiye order Islam in Turkey 1400 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Religious organizations established in the 1400s Turkish words and phrases

Influences on the other sufi orders

Historical evolutionary development of ''"Bāyrāmī" (Bāirāmee)'' order throughout Anatolia

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