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Bektash Collection

Background imageBektash Collection: Detail from Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey

Detail from Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey
Decorative detail from the tomb of Haji Bektash Veli in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012

Background imageBektash Collection: Bektashi Dervish at Tangiers, Morocco

Bektashi Dervish at Tangiers, Morocco. Founder of the Bektashi order was Hajji Bektash Wali (1209 - 1271) - is today a renowned figure in the history and culture of both Ottoman Empire

Background imageBektash Collection: Bektashi Symbol in Haji Bektashi Veli Museum

Bektashi Symbol in Haji Bektashi Veli Museum
A palihenk (large tash teslim - literally the stone of surrender or abandonment - to be worn on the belt) probably belonging to a Dede Baba / chief sheikh in Haji Bektash Veli Tomb Museum in Nevsehir

Background imageBektash Collection: Albania. Kruje. The Dollma Teqe. Bektashi temple. Islamic su

Albania. Kruje. The Dollma Teqe. Bektashi temple. Islamic su
Albania. Kruje. The Dollma Teqe. Bektashi temple, 1789.The Bektashism is a Islamic sufi order. Grave

Background imageBektash Collection: Alevi Tomb - Izmir, Turkey

Alevi Tomb - Izmir, Turkey. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageBektash Collection: The Throne of Muhammed / Tahti Muhammet in the Meydan in Haji

The Throne of Muhammed / Tahti Muhammet in the Meydan in Haji
A small throne of three steps, originally holding twelve or more candles. Among these candles, in front of them was a tall candle with a top shaped like a the crown of the Bektashi dervish

Background imageBektash Collection: Alevi Semah in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey

Alevi Semah in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey
" Alevi-Bektashi spiritual ritual dance performance called " semah" which has the meaning of sky, in the second courtyard of the Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey." Date

Background imageBektash Collection: Haji Bektash Veli Cultural Centre

Haji Bektash Veli Cultural Centre
Haji Bektash Veli Cultural Center designed by Ozkaragoz in 1994 which is used for Alevi semah performances at the weekends. Date: 2012

Background imageBektash Collection: Haji Bektash Veli Statue in Haji Bektash Village in Nevsehir

Haji Bektash Veli Statue in Haji Bektash Village in Nevsehir
Guvenc Abdal Turbesi (Tomb of Guvenc Abdal), (Haci Bektash) at Hac?bektas, formerly Karahuyuk, a town and district of Nevsehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey

Background imageBektash Collection: Haci Bektash Veli Cultural Centre in Nevsehir Turkey

Haci Bektash Veli Cultural Centre in Nevsehir Turkey
Haji Bektash Veli Cultural Center designed by Ozkaragoz in 1994 which is used for Alevi semah performances at the weekends. Date: 2012

Background imageBektash Collection: Pool in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey

Pool in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey
The second courtyard of the Haji Bektash Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012

Background imageBektash Collection: Ceiling of the second Bektashi Meydan in Haji Bektash Veli M

Ceiling of the second Bektashi Meydan in Haji Bektash Veli M

Background imageBektash Collection: Ceiling of the Bektashi Meydan in Haji Bektash Veli Museum i

Ceiling of the Bektashi Meydan in Haji Bektash Veli Museum i

Background imageBektash Collection: The mosque in Haci Bektash Veli Museum

The mosque in Haci Bektash Veli Museum
In 1826 Sultan Mahmud the Second decided to close all the Bektashi Tekkes because the Janissary were all followers of Haji Bektash and several times had removed the sultan

Background imageBektash Collection: Detail from the door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir

Detail from the door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir
Detail of the top of the door called Akkapi ( white marble entranceway) with typical Selcuk motifs including a double-headed eagle

Background imageBektash Collection: The door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey

The door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey
Looking from the second courtyard to the third courtyard and to the tomb of Haci Bektash Veli and the Meydan of the Forty. Date: 2012

Background imageBektash Collection: Detail from the Fountain Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehi

Detail from the Fountain Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehi
The fountain is situated in the second courtyard of Haji Bektash Veli Museum, which is called the courtyard of the dervishes

Background imageBektash Collection: Fountain in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey

Fountain in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey
The fountain is situated in the second courtyard of Haji Bektash Veli Museum, which is called the courtyard of the dervishes

Background imageBektash Collection: Detail from the mosque in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevseh

Detail from the mosque in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevseh
Decorative detail from the mosque in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012

Background imageBektash Collection: Entry of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey

Entry of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey
The second courtyard of the Haji Bektash Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012

Background imageBektash Collection: The main door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum

The main door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum
The threshold of the dervish monestry is called the sky threshold, a spiritual journey within oneself begins with this exoteric door. Date: 2012

Background imageBektash Collection: The six point star diagram on the Fountain of the Three in H

The six point star diagram on the Fountain of the Three in H
The six point star diagram, Star of David or Solomon, on the Fountain of the Three (Uclar Cemsesi), as Irene Melikoff, a great scholar of the Bektashi who the Bektashi accepted

Background imageBektash Collection: Detail of the door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir T

Detail of the door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey Date: 2012

Background imageBektash Collection: Fountain

Fountain
" The fountain of the Three (Ucler Cesmesi) in the first courtyard of the Haji Bektash Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. It was built by Haji Feyzullah Baba who was the head of the dervish monastry in

Background imageBektash Collection: Post from Bektashi Meydan

Post from Bektashi Meydan
" In the meydan (" sacred space" ) of the Bektashi Sufi order are 12 " posts" ( Turkish meaning usually a skin, normally a sheepskin)

Background imageBektash Collection: The door of Balim Sultan Tomb in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in

The door of Balim Sultan Tomb in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in
Decorative detail from the tomb of Balim Sultan Tomb in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012

Background imageBektash Collection: The second door of Balim Sultan Tomb

The second door of Balim Sultan Tomb
" The second door of Balim Sultans Tomb in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehit Turkey. Balim Sultan is known amongst the Bektashi as the second founder of the order (Turkish Pir Thani)

Background imageBektash Collection: Grave Stone of a Bektashi Baba s

Grave Stone of a Bektashi Baba s
Tomb of a great Dedebaba or a Baba on the right approaching the entrance of Balim Sultan Tomb. Date: 2012



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