13th c. CE — Anatolia
Bektashiyya
The Anatolian daughter of the Yasavī steppe
Overview
Traditionally traced to Ḥājjī Bektāsh Walī, whose lineage draws from Aḥmad Yasawī's Turkic dervishes. Central to Ottoman Janissary spirituality and to Alevi-Bektashi culture today.
Core teachings
- ◆Love of the Ahl al-Bayt
- ◆Interior sharīʿa
- ◆Poetic transmission
Practices
- ◆Cem ritual
- ◆Semah
- ◆Communal meal (sofra)
Key texts
- MakālātḤājjī Bektāsh Walī
Living legacy
Deep influence on Anatolian and Balkan spiritual culture.