Dervishes Collection

Whirling Dervishes (16th c.). Ottoman art. Miniature Painting

Islam / Whirling Dervishes
Whirling Islamic Dervishes

Wandering Uzbek Dervishes from Samarkand. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Bukhara Dervish from Uzbekistan. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Whirling dervishes, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Persian Dervish - Paris Exhibition
Persian Dervish at the Paris Exposition in 1900. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Two Whirling Dervishes with musicians. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Konya - Mosque & Turbe (burial building) of Rumi. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Thessaloniki - Dervishes, Lemonade Seller and foreign troops Date: circa 1916

The Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, 2nd September, 1898 by R. Caton Woodville. Winston Churchill famously rode with the 21st Lancers at this battle

Iranian Wandering Dervish. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Whirling Dervishes, Victorian period

Turkey. Whirling Derviches. Mevlevi Order
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Whirling Derviches. Mevlevi Order. The whirling dervishes were founded by Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273). Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Monnin

The British reverse in Somaliland: the camel corps disaster
A page from the Illustrated London News in August 1913 detailing Richard Conyngham Corfield's (1882-1913) death in action against the dervishes Date: 1913

Whirling Dervishes ceremonial dancers, Turkey, c. 1890
Whirling Dervishes ceremonial dancers, Turkey, c.1890

Ceremonial dancers, Whirling Dervishes Turkey
19th century vintage photograph: Ceremonial dancers, Whirling Dervishes Turkey

Final scene of a Dervish dance, Rifai order. Penitents in ecstasy grasp red-hot scimitars and have their wounds treated by the sheikh. Followers of Shaikh Ahmed er-Rifai

Dance of the dervishes, Kadri order. Ballo dei Dervisch Cadry. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Dance of the whirling Dervishes of Mawlawi Tawagozi. Sufi Dervishes in tall hats dance in a circle to accompaniment by musicians on drums, psaltery and sistrum. Ballo dei Dervisch Mewlewi

Two Sufi Dervish devotees at prayer
Two Dervish penitents performing prayer rituals in a Dervish lodge. One with his hair tied to the ceiling with a cord, and another with band around hands and knees holding prayer beads

Turkish dervishes. Date: 1890s

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

Provincial Dervish. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - A wandering Dervish Date: 1907

Mevlana Museum. Turkey
Mevlana Museum at the Mevlana Monastery, of the dervishes monks. Exterior. Konya. Turkey

Persian Dervish in Chechnya. Date: circa 1905

Wandering Dervish and a Derivish who gives out water
Constantinople - Wandering Dervish and a Derivish who gives out free water. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Seated Iranian Dervish Group
Seated group of Iranian (Persian) Dervishes. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Kalendar Dervish & Dervish
Kalendar Dervishes & Dervish. A Kalendar Dervish is of the Kalendari, who are a loosely knit order of wandering Dervishes who stretch throughout the Middle East

Persian Dervish with sword and begging bowl. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Torbat Heydarrieh Ghotbed-Din Heydar - Iran
Torbat-e Heydarieh (Zava, Zaveh), Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran - The tomb of Qotboddin Heydar (Qutb ad-Din Haydar) (?-1221) a Persian Sufi saint and Malamati-Qalandari Sheikh

Iran. Mahan. Mausoleum of the great sufi leader Shah Ne emat Ollah-e-Vali (1330-1431). Built by Ahmad Shah Kani. Detail of Minaret covered with turquoise tiles. 15th century

Ukraine. Yevpatoria. Dervish Tekke
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Yevpatoria. Dervish Tekke monastery. 15th century. Exterior

Dance of the Sufi dervishes. 19th century. Colored engraving

Turkestan Dervishes
Dancing dervishes of eastern Turkestan (now Turkmenistan) Date: 1874

Turkish dervish, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Two Egyptian Dervishes from Alexandria Date: circa 1909

Thessaloniki, Greece - Kapou Turkish Cemetery
Thessaloniki, Greece - Turkish cemetery outside Yeni-Kapou next to the Mevlevidon (Mevlevi Dervish) teke. Date: circa 1910

Thessaloniki, Greece - Mevlevidon (Mevlevi Dervish) Cemetery
Thessaloniki, Greece - Turkish cemetery of the Mevlevidon (Mevlevi Dervish) teke. Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki, Greece
A Kiss from Thessaloniki - inset view with the White Tower (left) and the minaret of the Dervish Tekke (Meeting House) (right). Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki, Greece, Turkish Cemetery Dervish Meeting House
Thessaloniki, Greece - Turkish Cemetery and Dervish Meeting House. Date: circa 1910s

Islamic School and Dervishes
Young boys and girls studying at an Islamic School and a pair of Dervishes. Date: 1905

Istanbul, Turkey - Mevlevi Dervishes, Porter, Apple Seller Date: 1898

Mevlevi Dervishes and Fishermen, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1897

Dervishes, Barber, Water Carriers, Fishmonger, Istanbul
Mevlevi Dervishes, Barber, Water Carriers, Fishmonger, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1895

Dervish Mosque, Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1908

Three depictions of Dervishes and one of a Turk at prayer. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Dervish Meeting House - Thessaloniki, Greece
Dervish Tekke (Meeting House) on Rue Ignatia at Thessaloniki, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

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