The Dedebabate is the leadership of
Bektashism
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 community is currently led by ...
. The dedebabas ( sq, kryegjysh) are the spiritual and religious leaders of the
Bektashian community.
Bektashis do not consider them as divinely appointed leaders. The current and eighth Bektashi debebaba is
Baba Mondi
Hajji Dede Edmond Brahimaj (born May 19, 1959; sq, Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj), commonly known as Baba Mondi, is an Albanian religious leader and the eighth Bektashi Dedebaba (or Kryegjysh) of the Bektashi Order. He is the world leader of the ...
.
List of dedebabas
List of dedebabas following the 1925 exodus of the Bektashi Order from Turkey to Albania:
See also
*
Baba
*
List of Bektashi topics
References
External links
Persecution of Bektashi clergy{{in lang, sq
*
Bektashi Order
Albanian Muslims
Albanian religious leaders