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Tekke of Frashër

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44: 130: 463:, a local poet and mystic, founded the tekke in either 1815 or 1825 upon his return from his travels in the Middle East. After his death in 1835 - upon which a tyrbe was constructed in his honour and subsequently became an important pilgrimage site - his son Jusuf Skënderasi took over. The tekke became well known in Southern Albania. During the era of Baba Alushi (1846-1902), the tekke would become not only a center of 513:
and his fighters, dressing them up as dervish novices to disguise them from Ottoman Turkish troops who raided the tekke. During his stay, Grameno recorded that the tekke was superbly clean and orderly under the leadership of Baba Zejnel Abedin, who was described to be a true holy man who worked to
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and the Communist takeover of Albania, the baba of the tekke - Baba Mehmet Zykaj - was arrested and thereby imprisoned for nearly 15 years until his death in 1959. Frashër became the Bektashi center for
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help the poor. Both Muslims and Christians deeply respected Baba Abedin, and the 15-16 dervishes who served under him were also well-educated patriots who were crucial to the
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area in 1942, seat of the prefecture of Vlora in 1945 and then the sub-prefecture of Berat, but lost its status as a Gjyshata in around 1950. It was a
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During 1909–1910, the tekke contributed in spreading the Albanian schools and education in the area, and had about twenty dervishes prior to the
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During this period, the tekke served as a centre for the distribution of Albanian-language books (which was outlawed by the
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mysticism, but also a stronghold of Albanian nationalism. It would affect also the work of future figures of the
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was reformed in 1930, Frashër became one of the six new Bektashi administrative districts of Albania (called a
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it stopped functioning, but was not destroyed due to being strongly associated with the patriotic deeds of
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in 1923. At the First National Congress of the Bektashi, held on 14–17 January 1921 in the
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Teqeja e Frashërit - Vatër e zjarrtë (in Albanian), World Bektashi Headquarters
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The Albanian Bektashi: history and culture of a Dervish order in the Balkans
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by functioning as emissaries and preachers of Albanian national sentiment.
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region, the tekke of Frashër was represented by Baba Mustafa. When the
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and theology which provided a popular alternative to normative
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in June 1914. It was reconstructed with the contribution of
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Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Labovë e Kryqit
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During the prohibition of religions from 1967 to 1991 in
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1815
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Tauris. pp. 189–190. 1192:St. Mary's Monastery Church, Tranoshisht 740: 738: 601:Baba Tahir Nasibi Skënderasi 1815 - 1835 1103:St. Elijah's Monastery Church, Jorgucat 628:Baba Dervish Xhemal Shkëmbi 1960 - 1967 1228: 1108:St. Mary's Monastery Church, Koshovicë 486:held a meeting led by Baba Alushi and 1152:St. Mary's Church, Peshkëpi e Sipërme 1137:St. Michael's Monastery Church, Nivan 936: 899: 863: 797: 775: 773: 771: 769: 767: 735: 679: 455:The tekke was founded at the time of 331:Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order 1148:Holy Trinity Monastery Church, Pepel 907:. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 192. 687:. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 189. 16:Bektashi shrine in Frashër, Albania 13: 1241:Buildings and structures in Përmet 764: 14: 1267: 1164:St. Nicholas' Church, Saraqinisht 837:Historical Dictionary of Albania 585:Bektashi clerics who have served 128: 1201:St. Mary's Church, Vrahogoranxi 1197:St. Saviour's Church, Tremishtë 1155:St. Athanasius' Church, Poliçan 1098:Holy Apostles' Church, Hoshtevë 1088:Paleochristian Basilica, Goricë 616:Baba Mustafa Qerezi 1930 - 1933 421:. The tekke was crucial to the 401:founded in 1781 and registered 1187:St. Elijah's Church, Stegopull 1168:St. Paraskevi's Church, Selckë 1093:St. Paraskevi's Church, Hllomo 893: 857: 827: 791: 709: 642: 566:(Honorific Gjyshatë) in 1962. 444:s in Turkish) were centers of 1: 1236:Cultural Monuments of Albania 1083:St. Mary's Monastery, Goranxi 1069:St. Nicholas' Church, Dhuvjan 635: 610:Baba Abedini Ibro 1903 - 1913 1211:St. Mary's Church on Drianos 1172:St. Athanasius' Church, Selo 1128:St. Michael's Church, Mingul 716:Oliver Jens Schmitt (2010), 625:Baba Mehmet Zykaj 1945 –1959 604:Jusuf Skënderasi 1835 - 1846 484:Albanian Committee of Janina 94:Cultural Monument of Albania 7: 1141:St. George's Church, Nokovë 1060:St. Anne's Church, Derviçan 1056:St. Mary's Church, Derviçan 987:Holy Transfiguration Church 622:Baba Abaz Hilmi 1942 – 1945 516:Albanian National Awakening 469:Albanian National Awakening 423:Albanian National Awakening 10: 1272: 1144:St. Mary's Church, Okdunan 1042:St. Elijah's Church, Buhal 525:. It was destroyed by the 428: 1112:St. Mary's Church, Kosinë 1031: 1013: 972: 240:Haji Bektash Veli Complex 100: 91: 87: 50: 41: 26: 21: 1216:Dormition Church, Zervat 1178:St. Mary's Church, Skore 1175:St. Mary's Church, Seran 1120:St. Mary's Church, Leusë 1073:Teqe of Frashër, Frashër 1038:St. Mary's Church, Bënjë 1182:Dormition Church, Sopik 607:Baba Alushi 1846 - 1902 547:Albanian Bektashi Order 472:Şemseddin Sami Frashëri 385:Nasibî Tâhir Baba Tekke 308:World Bektashi Congress 1251:Sufi tekkes in Albania 1205:Annunciation Monastery 1023:St. Paraskevi's Church 619:Baba Murati 1934 -1941 613:Baba Sheme 1913 - 1929 482:. On 30 May 1878, the 439: 380: 35: 1052:Church ruins, Dashajt 834:Robert Elsie (2010), 745:H. T. 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Albanian

40°21′36″N 20°25′43″E / 40.3601°N 20.4287°E / 40.3601; 20.4287
Cultural Monument of Albania
a series
Bektashi Order

Haji Bektash Veli
Nesimi
Balım Sultan
Gül Baba
Bektashi Dedebabate
Sali Njazi
Ali Riza Dede
Kamber Ali
Xhafer Sadik
Abaz Hilmi
Ahmet Myftar
Baba Reshat
Baba Mondi
Bektashi sites
Kryegjyshata
Haji Bektash Veli Complex
Arabati Baba Teḱe
Durbalı Sultan Tekke
Hasan Baba Tekke
Tekke of Melan
Tekke of Frashër
Zall Tekke
Abbas Ali Türbe

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