Teke Collection

Africa. Congo. Man of the Bateke tribe (High Alima)
History of Africa. 19th century. Man from the Bateke tribe (upper course of the Alima River). Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

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

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

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

Syria - Aleppo - Dervish Tekke (Meeting House) - Sheikh Bakr. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273)

The Great Tekke (Dervish meeting house) - Gallipoli. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

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