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Chapter 1 The History And Culture Of The Albanian Bektashi |
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1 | (16) |
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Bektashi Beliefs and Hierarchy |
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1 | (3) |
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The Early History of the Bektashi |
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4 | (2) |
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The Spread of the Bektashi to the Balkans |
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6 | (1) |
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The Expansion of the Bektashi in Albania |
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7 | (5) |
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The Communist Dictatorship in Albania |
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12 | (1) |
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The Recovery of the Bektashi in Post-Communist Albania |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Early Reports And Scholarly Articles On The Albanian Bektashi |
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17 | (160) |
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`Notes on the Bektashi,' 1660--1670 |
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17 | (2) |
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`The Fortress of Kanina,' 1854 |
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19 | (1) |
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`The Bektashi Tekkes of Thessaly,' 1888 |
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20 | (2) |
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`Visions of Thessaly': the Bektashi Tekkel 1892 |
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22 | (5) |
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`Albanian Wanderings,' 1895 |
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27 | (3) |
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`The Bektashi Notebook,' 1896 |
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30 | (6) |
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`The Legend of Sari Saltik,' 1901 |
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36 | (3) |
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A Pillar Cult at the Shrine of Tekija near Skopje,' 1901 |
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39 | (2) |
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A Visit to the Bektashi Tekke of Permet,' 1904 |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (5) |
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`The Bektashi on Mount Tomorr,' 1907 |
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48 | (2) |
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`The Tekke of Kalkandelen (Tetova),' 1909 |
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50 | (3) |
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`A Visit to the Tekke of Baba Ibrahim Xhefai near Elbasan,' 1909 |
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53 | (3) |
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`The Fourth Religion of Albania,' 1919 |
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56 | (2) |
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`The Place of the Bektashi among Albanian Religions,' 1921 |
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58 | (4) |
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`The Nonconformist Moslems of Albania,' 1925 |
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62 | (7) |
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Among the Dervishes of Kruja,' 1929 |
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69 | (4) |
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`Up to Mount Tomorr,' 1929 |
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73 | (2) |
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`History of the Bektashi,' 1929 |
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75 | (7) |
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A Botanist on Mount Tomorr,' 1930 |
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82 | (2) |
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`Thoughts on the Bektashi,' 1930 |
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84 | (3) |
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`The Bektashi Sect in Albania,' 1932 |
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87 | (2) |
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`The Town of the Forbidden Dervishes,' 1933 |
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89 | (4) |
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`Bektashiism in Albania,' 1937 |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (2) |
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`The Mokattam Tekke of Cairo,' 1953 |
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97 | (2) |
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`The Beginnings of Bektashi Literature in Albania,' 1955 |
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99 | (9) |
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`Meeting the Pope of the Bektashi,' 1957 |
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108 | (5) |
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`On the Origins of the Bektashi in Albania,' 1962 |
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113 | (4) |
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`The Bektashi Monastery in Cairo,' 1962 |
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117 | (3) |
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A Visit to the Tekke of the Bektashis in Cairo,' 1963 |
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120 | (2) |
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`The Bektashi Dervish Order in Albania,' 1971 |
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122 | (4) |
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`The Ashura Lament of Baba Rexheb,' 1995 |
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126 | (12) |
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`Bektashism and Albanian Nationalism,' 1995 |
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138 | (23) |
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`The Sacred Haunts of the Albanian Bektashi,' 1996 |
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161 | (12) |
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`Durbali Sultan Resurrected?,' 2009 |
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173 | (4) |
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Chapter 3 The Tekkes And Shrines Of The Albanian Bektashi |
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177 | (96) |
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Tekkes and Shrines in Albania |
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Map of Albania (showing cities and towns with tekkes) |
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177 | (1) |
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Alipostivan (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Baba Abdullah |
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178 | (1) |
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Aranitas (Mallakastra, Albania): the dervishia of Aranitas |
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178 | (1) |
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Backa (Skrapar, Albania): the tekke of Baba Fetah |
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178 | (1) |
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Benca (Tepelena, Albania): the dervishia of Benca |
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179 | (1) |
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Berat (Berat, Albania): the tekke of Baba Ali |
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179 | (1) |
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Bllaca (Dibra, Albania): the tekke of Jusuf Baba |
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179 | (2) |
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Borsh (Saranda, Albania): the tekke of Baba Xhafer |
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181 | (1) |
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Brerima (Skrapar, Albania): the tekke of Baba Xhafer |
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181 | (1) |
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Bubes i Pare (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Baba Jemin |
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181 | (1) |
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Bubes i Siperm (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Baba Ali |
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181 | (1) |
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Bulqiza (Bulqiza, Albania): the tekke of Bulqiza |
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181 | (1) |
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Cakran (Fier, Albania): the tekke of Cakran |
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182 | (1) |
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Cerrica (Skrapar, Albania): the tekke of Cerrica |
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182 | (1) |
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Cornish (Mallakastra, Albania): the dervishia of Corrush |
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182 | (1) |
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Delvina (Delvina, Albania): the dervishia of Beqir Efendi |
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182 | (1) |
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Drisht (Shkodra, Albania): the tyrbe of Baba Kamber |
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182 | (1) |
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Drizar (Mallakastra, Albania): the tekke of Baba Xhelal |
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183 | (1) |
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Dukaj (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Dukaj |
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183 | (1) |
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Dushk (Gramsh, Albania): the tekke of Baba Ahmet |
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183 | (1) |
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Elbasan (Elbasan, Albania): the tekke of Ibrahim Xhefai Baba |
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184 | (3) |
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Elbasan (Elbasan, Albania): the tekke of Baba Ali Horasani |
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187 | (1) |
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Elbasan (Elbasan, Albania): the tekke of Baba Hamit |
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188 | (1) |
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Frasher (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Baba Tahir Nasibi |
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189 | (2) |
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Fratar (Mallakastra, Albania): the dervishia of Fratar |
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191 | (1) |
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Fushe Kruja (Kruja, Albania): the tekke of Shemimi Baba |
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191 | (2) |
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Gjirokastra (Gjirokastra, Albania): the Gravel tekke of Asim Baba |
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193 | (1) |
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Gjirokastra (Gjirokastra, Albania): the Hajderije tekke of Baba Sulejman |
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194 | (2) |
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Gjirokastra (Gjirokastra, Albania): the tekke of Baba Zejnel |
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196 | (1) |
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Gjonem/Gjorm (Kurbin, Albania): the tekke of Hajdar Baba |
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197 | (1) |
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Gjorm (Vlora, Albania): the tekke of Gjorm |
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197 | (1) |
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Gllava (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Ismail Baba |
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198 | (1) |
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Golimbas (Vlora, Albania): the tekke of Haxhi Baba Mehmet Aliu |
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198 | (1) |
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Gorisht (Vlora, Albania): the tekke of Gorisht |
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199 | (1) |
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Greshica (Mallakastra, Albania): the tekke of Baba Husejn |
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199 | (1) |
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Gumen (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Baba Husejn |
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199 | (1) |
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Hekal (Mallakastra, Albania): the tekke of Hekal |
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199 | (1) |
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Kanina (Vlora, Albania): the tekke of Sinan Pasha |
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200 | (2) |
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Kapaj (Mallakastra, Albania): the tekke of Baba Ismail |
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202 | (1) |
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Kelcyra (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Hasan Dede |
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202 | (1) |
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Kicok (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Baba Kamber |
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202 | (1) |
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Komar (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Baba Islam |
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203 | (1) |
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Koshtan (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Baba Sadik |
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203 | (1) |
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Kosina (Permet, Albania): the dervishia of Kosina |
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204 | (1) |
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Kostrec (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Kostrec |
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204 | (1) |
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Krahes (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Baba Husejn |
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204 | (1) |
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Kremenar (Mallakastra, Albania): the tekke of Baba Hasan |
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205 | (1) |
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Kreshova (Kolonja, Albania): the tekke of Baba Hasan |
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205 | (1) |
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Kruja (Kruja, Albania): the tekke of Baba Hamza |
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206 | (1) |
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Kruja (Kruja, Albania): the tekke of Haxhi Jahja Baba |
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207 | (1) |
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Kruja (Kruja, Albania): the tyrbe of Mustafa Dollma |
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207 | (1) |
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Kruja (Kruja, Albania): the tyrbe of Zemzi Baba |
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208 | (1) |
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Kruja, Mount (Kruja, Albania): the tyrbe of Sari Saltik |
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208 | (2) |
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Kuc (Devoll, Albania): the tekke of Baba Kasem |
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210 | (1) |
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Kuc (Skrapar, Albania): the tekke of Kuc |
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211 | (1) |
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Kuta (Mallakastra, Albania): the tekke of Baba Rifat |
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211 | (1) |
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Lavdar (Skrapar, Albania): the tekke of Lavdar |
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211 | (1) |
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Leskovik (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Baba Abedin |
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211 | (1) |
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Lushnja (Lushnja, Albania): the tyrbe of Baba Skender |
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212 | (1) |
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Luz i madh (Kavaja, Albania): the tekke of Baba Sako |
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212 | (1) |
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Maricaj (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Baba Musa |
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212 | (1) |
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Martanesh (Bulqiza, Albania): the tekke of Balim Sultan |
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213 | (3) |
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Martanesh (Bulqiza, Albania): the tekke of Haxhi Hysen Baba |
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216 | (1) |
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Matohasanaj (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Baba Salih |
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216 | (1) |
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Mazreka (Korea, Albania): the tekke of Mazreka |
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216 | (1) |
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Mbyet (Fier, Albania): the tekke of Baba Ali Horasani |
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217 | (1) |
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Melan (Gjirokastra, Albania): the tekke of Baba Ali |
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217 | (1) |
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Melcan (Korea, Albania): the tekke of Baba Hysen |
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218 | (1) |
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Memaliaj (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Memaliaj |
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219 | (1) |
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Ngrancija (Mallakastra, Albania): the tekke of Ngrancija |
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220 | (1) |
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Osmenzeza (Berat, Albania): the tekke of Baba Iljaz |
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220 | (1) |
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Pacomit (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Pacomit |
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220 | (1) |
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Permet (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Baba Bektash |
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220 | (2) |
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Permet (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Baba Ali |
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222 | (1) |
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Permet (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Baba Zenel |
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222 | (1) |
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Petran (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Petran |
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222 | (1) |
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Picar (Gjirokastra, Albania): the dervishia of Baba Hasan |
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222 | (1) |
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Plasa (Korea, Albania): the tyrbe of Plasa |
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223 | (1) |
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Plashnik (Berat, Albania): the tekke of Baba Muharrem |
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223 | (1) |
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Podgoran (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Podgoran |
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223 | (1) |
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Polena (Korea, Albania): the tekke of Baba Ismail |
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223 | (1) |
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Prishta (Skrapar, Albania): the tekke of Baba Tahir |
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224 | (1) |
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Progonat (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Progonat |
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225 | (1) |
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Pulaha (Korea, Albania): the tyrbe of Pulaha |
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225 | (1) |
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Qatrom (Korea, Albania): the tekke of Beqir Efendi |
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226 | (1) |
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Qesaraka (Kolonja, Albania): the tekke of Haxhi Baba Horasani |
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226 | (1) |
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Qesarat (Tepelena, Albania): the tyrbe of Qesarat |
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227 | (1) |
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Rabija (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Baba Selman |
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227 | (1) |
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Rodenj (Permet, Albania): the tyrbe of Rodenj |
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228 | (1) |
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Rozec (Tepelena, Albania): the dervishia of Rozec |
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228 | (1) |
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Sanjollas (Kolonja, Albania): the tekke of Baba Sulejman |
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228 | (1) |
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Saranda (Saranda, Albania): the tekke of Dede Reshat Bardhi |
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229 | (1) |
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Shemberdhenj (Gramsh, Albania): the tekke of Baba Mustafa |
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229 | (1) |
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Shkoza (Vlora, Albania): the tekke of Shkoza |
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230 | (1) |
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Shullaz (Kurbin, Albania): the tekke of Baba Isak |
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230 | (1) |
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Smokthina (Vlora, Albania): the tekke of Smokthina |
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230 | (1) |
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Starja (Kolonja, Albania): the tekke of Baba Husejn |
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230 | (1) |
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Straficka (Skrapar, Albania): the tekke of Baba Meleq |
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231 | (1) |
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Suka (Permet, Albania): the tekke of Baba Tahir |
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231 | (1) |
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Tepelena (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Demir Han |
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232 | (1) |
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Therepel (Skrapar, Albania): the tekke of Baba Behlul |
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232 | (1) |
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Tirana (Tirana, Albania): the Kryegjyshata |
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233 | (1) |
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Tomorr, Mount (Berat, Albania): the tekke of Kulmak |
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234 | (3) |
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Turan (Korca, Albania): the tekke of Baba Salih Elbasani |
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237 | (2) |
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Turan (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Baba Ali |
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239 | (1) |
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Velabisht (Berat, Albania): the tekke of Baba Kamber |
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239 | (1) |
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Veliqot (Tepelena, Albania): the tekke of Baba Hysen |
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240 | (1) |
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Vlocisht (Korea, Albania): the tekke of Vlocisht |
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240 | (1) |
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Vlora (Vlora, Albania): the tekke of Kusum Baba |
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240 | (1) |
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Vokopola (Berat, Albania): the tekke of Baba Tahir |
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241 | (1) |
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Vrepska (Korea, Albania): the tekke of Vrepska |
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241 | (1) |
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Zerqan (Bulqiza, Albania): the tyrbe of Baba Hysen |
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242 | (1) |
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Zhepova (Permet, Albania): the tyrbe of Zhepova |
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242 | (1) |
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Tekkes and Shrines in Kosovo Map of Kosovo |
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243 | (1) |
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Gjakova (Gjakova, Kosovo): the tekke of Shemseddin Baba |
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243 | (1) |
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Kacanik (Kacanik, Kosovo): the tekke of Kacanik |
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244 | (1) |
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Mitrovica (Mitrovica, Kosovo): the tekke of Mustafa Baba |
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244 | (1) |
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Peja (Peja, Kosovo): the tekke of Peja |
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245 | (1) |
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Prizren (Prizren, Kosovo): the tekke of Baba Adem |
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245 | (1) |
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Tekkes and Shrines in the Republic of Macedonia Map of Republic of Macedonia |
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246 | (1) |
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Kanatlar (Prilep, Macedonia): the tekke of Dikmen Baba |
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246 | (1) |
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Kercova, (Kercova, Macedonia): the tekke of Hider Baba |
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247 | (1) |
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Makedonski Brod (Makedonski Brod, Macedonia): tyrbe of Hider Baba |
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248 | (1) |
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Poroj (Tetova, Macedonia): the tekke of Jarar Baba |
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248 | (1) |
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Saint Naum (Ohrid, Macedonia): the Monastery of Saint Naum |
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249 | (1) |
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Shipkovica (Tetova, Macedonia): the tekke of Kojun Baba |
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249 | (1) |
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Skopje (Skopje, Macedonia): the tekkes of Mustafa Baba, Sulejman Baba and Axhem Zade Hasan Efendi |
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249 | (1) |
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Tekija (Ilinden, Macedonia): the tekke of Ahmet Karadja |
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250 | (1) |
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Tetova (Tetova, Macedonia): the Harabati tekke |
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251 | (3) |
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Veles (Veles, Macedonia): the tekke of Haxhi Baba |
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254 | (1) |
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Vertok (Gostivar, Macedonia): the tekke of Baba Xhafer |
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255 | (1) |
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Tekkes and Shrines in Greece |
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256 | (1) |
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Corfu (Epirus, Greece): the Church of Saint Spyridon |
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256 | (1) |
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Didymoteichon (Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece): the tekke of Seyyid Ali Sultan |
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257 | (1) |
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Elassona (Thessaly, Greece): the tekke of Salih Baba |
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257 | (1) |
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Farsala (Thessaly, Greece): the tekke of Durballi Sultan |
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257 | (3) |
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Heraklion (Crete, Greece): the tekke of Ali Dede Horasani |
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260 | (1) |
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Juma (West Macedonia, Greece): the tekke of Piri Baba |
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261 | (1) |
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Kastoria (West Macedonia, Greece): the tekke of Kasem Baba |
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262 | (1) |
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Katerini (Central Macedonia, Greece): the tekke of Abdullah Baba |
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263 | (1) |
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Konitsa (Epirus, Greece): the tekke of Hysejn Baba |
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264 | (1) |
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Odra (Western Macedonia, Greece): the tekke of Emine Baba |
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264 | (1) |
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Vodhorina (Western Macedonia, Greece): the tekke of Emine Baba |
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264 | (2) |
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Tekkes and Shrines in Other Countries |
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266 | (1) |
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Hacibektaskoy (central Anatolia, Turkey): the pir evi of Haci Bektas Veli |
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266 | (1) |
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Cairo (Egypt): the Mokattam tekke |
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267 | (4) |
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Taylor (Detroit, Michigan, United States): the First Albanian Bektashi tekke in America |
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271 | (2) |
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Chapter 4 Noted Historical And Legendary Figures Of The Albanian Bektashi |
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273 | (47) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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Adem Vexh-hi Baba of Gjakova |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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Ahmet Sirri Baba of Mokattam |
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279 | (2) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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Ali Baba Horasani of Fushe Kruja |
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283 | (1) |
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Ali Haqi Baba of Gjirokastra |
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284 | (1) |
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Ah Riza of Elbasan, Dede Baba |
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285 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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Arshi Baba of Durballi Sultan |
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286 | (1) |
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Arshi Baba of Gjirokastra |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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Balim Sultan of Dimetoka, Dylgjer Hysejni of Elbasan |
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287 | (2) |
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Edmond Brahimaj, Dede Baba |
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289 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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Hajdar Hatemi Baba of Gjonem |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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Haxhi Baba Horasani of Permet |
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292 | (1) |
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Haxhi Baba of Fushe Kruja |
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292 | (1) |
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Hider Baba of Makedonski Brod |
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293 | (1) |
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293 | (1) |
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Hysen Kukeli Baba of Fushe Kruja |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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Ibrahim Xhefai Baba of Elbasan |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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Mehmet Baba of Fushe Kruja |
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300 | (1) |
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300 | (2) |
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302 | (1) |
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Muharrem Mahzuni Baba of Durballi Sultan |
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302 | (1) |
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Myrteza Baba of Fushe Kruja |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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Rexheb Baba of Gjirokastra |
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304 | (1) |
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Salih Baba of Matohasanaj |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (3) |
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Seit Baba of Durballi Sultan |
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311 | (1) |
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Selim Kalicani Baba of Martanesh |
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311 | (1) |
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Selim Ruhi Baba of Gjirokastra |
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312 | (1) |
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Selman Xhemali Baba of Elbasan |
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313 | (1) |
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Sersem Ali Baba of Tetova |
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314 | (1) |
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Shemimi Baba of Fushe Kruja |
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314 | (2) |
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Sulejman Baba of Gjirokastra |
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316 | (2) |
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Tahir Nasibi Baba of Frasher |
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318 | (1) |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
| Glossary of Terms |
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320 | (4) |
| Notes |
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324 | (13) |
| Bibliography |
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337 | (18) |
| Index |
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