Haji Bektash Veli

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Haji Bektash Veli was a 13th-century Muslim mystic and saint of Anatolia whose teachings inspired the heterodox Bektashi Sufi order and deeply influenced Alevi-Bektashi religious culture.

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instanceOf 13th-century religious figure
Alevi-Bektashi saint
Anatolian saint
Muslim mystic
Sufi saint
associatedConcept esoteric interpretation of Islam
heterodox Islam
saint veneration
associatedWith Ahi brotherhoods NERFINISHED
Turkoman tribes NERFINISHED
associatedWithOrder Bektashi Order NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 13th century
commemoratedAt Hacıbektaş, Nevşehir, Turkey NERFINISHED
coreTeaching equality of men and women
humanism
inner spiritual purification
love of God
tolerance
culturalImpact influenced Ottoman-era heterodox Sufi movements
shaped Alevi-Bektashi ritual practices
hasMausoleum Haji Bektash Veli Complex in Hacıbektaş NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Hacı NERFINISHED
Veli NERFINISHED
influenced Alevism NERFINISHED
Bektashism NERFINISHED
inspired Alevi-Bektashi religious culture
Bektashi Order NERFINISHED
languageOfLegacy Arabic
Persian
Turkish
patronOf Alevi-Bektashi communities NERFINISHED
Bektashi dervishes NERFINISHED
placeOfActivity Anatolia NERFINISHED
Rum Seljuk Sultanate NERFINISHED
religion Islam
religiousTradition Sufism NERFINISHED
rememberedAs foundational figure of Bektashism
symbol of tolerance in Anatolian Islam
spiritualLineage Ali ibn Abi Talib NERFINISHED
Twelver Shiism (in Alevi-Bektashi understanding) NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Alevi tradition
Bektashi Order NERFINISHED
folk Islam in Anatolia

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Alevism coreFigure Haji Bektash Veli
Bektashi order hasFounder Haji Bektash Veli
Bektashi order namedAfter Haji Bektash Veli