Sufi Collection

Nasreddin - Seljuq satirist
Nasreddin or Nasreddin Hodja or Mullah Nasreddin Hooja or Mullah Nasruddin (1208-1284) was a Seljuq satirist, born in Hortu Village in Sivrihisar, Eskisehir Province, Turkey

Abd El Kader, Algerian leader
Abd El Kader (Abd al-Qadir, El Amir Abdelkader), Algerian Islamic scholar, Sufi, political and military leader who led a resistance to French occupation in the mid-nineteenth century

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

The Tomb of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya
Nizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, India. The Well near the Tomb of Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (or Awliya) (12381325) - also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin

The Tomb of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya
Nizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, India. The Well near the Tomb of Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (or Awliya) (12381325) - also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin

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

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

The Tombs of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin and Jahanara Begum
Nizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, India. The Tomb of Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (or Awliya) (12381325) and Jahanara Begum (16141681), daughter of the Emperor Shah Jahan

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

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

Tomb of Sheikh Maruf Karkhi, Baghdad, Iraq
Tomb of Sheikh Maruf Karkhi (Abu Mahfuz Maruf Ibn Firuz al-Karkhi, c.750/760-c.815-820), in the Moslem Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1920

Crocodiles at Sufi shrine of Manghopir, near Karachi, Pakistan, c. 1890 s
Crocodiles at Sufi shrine of Manghopir, near Karachi, Pakistan, c.1890 s

Tomb of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Eyup Sultan Mosque
Turbe or tomb of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari in the Eyup Sultan Mosque, Istanbul. The tomb is open day and night and lit with two large torches and a flagpole wrapped in green cloth

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

Sufi mystics of ancient Persia reading prayer books
Sufi mystics of ancient Persian Zoroastrianism read prayer books under a thatched hut. I sofi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Wedding ceremony among the ancient Persian Zoroastrians. The bride and groom kneel on a bed between two priests. A priest throws rice for fertility while female a musician plays a lute

Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
The 16th century Tomb of Sufi Saint Sheikh Salim Chisti at Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. One of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in India circa 1910s

Dusty alleys, Nefta, Tunisia
Arab man walks through the dusty alleys of Nefta, southern Tunisia, North Africa Date: 1987

The Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque, Alexandria, Egypt. Dedicated to the 13th century Alexandrine Sufi saint Abul Abbas al-Mursi, whose tomb it contains. Date: circa 1920s

Persian Dervishes. Darwesh or Dervish, as it is known in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious Tariqahs - tariket

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

Baghdad, Iraq - Mausoleum of Hadrat Sheikh Marouf al Karkhi
Baghdad, Iraq - The Mausoleum of Abu Mahfuz Maruf Ibn Firuz al-Karkhi aka Maruf Kharki - Sufi Saint (born 750-760, died 815-820) Date: circa 1920s

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

Inside of the Osman Gazi Tomb in Bursa, Turkey
A detail from the tomb of Osman Gazi who is one of the original founders of the Ottoman state. The Bursa earthquake in 1855 completely destroyed the original tomb

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

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

Pipe-smoking Syrian Dervish with fantastic hairstyle. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Dervish monastery and Al-Salihiyah in Damascus, Syria
Dervish monastery and the Al-Salihiyah neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria, in the distance at the foot of Mount Qasioun. Date: circa 1918

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

Abdelkader El Djezairi (1808-1883). Colored engraving
Abdelkader El Djezairi (1808-1883). Algerian political and military. Engraving, 1887. Colored

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

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

Konya, Turkey - A Map of Konya Province
A Map of Konya Province, marking Konya (also known as Koniah, Konieh, Konia, Qunia and Iconium) in Turkey. Dates from 3000 BC and successively came under the influence of the Hittites

Mohammed Ahmed, The Mahdi
Mohammed Ahmed (Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah), known as The Mahdi (meaning the messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith), a Sufi sheikh of the Samaniyya order in the Sudan, north east Africa

Tomb / Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, Multan, Pakistan
Multan, Punjab Province, Pakistan - The Tomb/Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam (12511335) - who belonged to the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order. Date: 1907

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

Wandering Dervish - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sahin (Sajahin) a Wandering Dervish from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Morocco - Fez - Mosque and Mausoleum of Mawlana Ahmad ibn Mohammed Tijani al-Hassani al-Magribi (1785-1815) - founder of the Sufi Tijaniyya Tariqa. Date: circa 1930

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

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