![](images/groups_photos/Haci_Bektas_Veli.gif) Hajji Bektash Wali
Bektashi Order
![](images/g_officialname.gif) Bektashi Order
![](images/g_altname.gif) Bektashi Order of Sufis
![](images/g_foundersname.gif) Hajji Bektash Wali (Haci Bektas Veli) (1209-1271)
![](images/g_currentleaders.gif) There are 15 Bektashi centers worldwide with 15 leaders. Among them, Haji Reshat Bardhi Dedebaba of Albania is perhaps most prominent.
![](images/g_foundingplace.gif) Turkey, Albania
![](images/g_headquarters.gif) Tirana, Albania
![](images/g_beliefs.gif) Bektashism is a branch of Sufism (the more mystical branch of Islam), but also shares beliefs and practices with Shia Islam, making it a bit of a hybrid within Islam. As with all Sufis, it affirms that the Quran has two meanings — a literal one, and a deeper, esoteric message.
![](images/g_countries.gif) Albania, Turkey, United States
adherents distributed across various Balkan nations
![](images/g_languages.gif) Albanian, Turkish
![](images/g_resources.gif) www.hermetics.org/bektashi.html
![](images/g_news.gif) www.france24.com/en/live-news/20201204-believe-in-miracles-spiritual-cures-soothe-covid-hit-albania
![](images/g_sites.gif) www.bektashi.net
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