Xhafer Sadik

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Xhafer Sadik
1945 photograph of Xhafer Sadik
4th Bektashi Dedebaba
In office
5 May 1945 – 2 August 1945
Preceded byKamber Ali
Succeeded byAbaz Hilmi
Personal
Born1874
Died2 August 1945(1945-08-02) (aged 70–71)
ReligionIslam
NationalityAlbanian
OrderBektashi Order

Xhafer Sadik (Xhaferr Sadik Dede or Xhafer Sadiku) (1874–1945) was the 4th Dedebaba (or Kryegjysh) of the Bektashi Order.[1][2] He served as Dedebaba for only 3 months during the summer of 1945.

Biography[edit]

Baba Xhafer Sadik was born in 1882 in Gjirokastra, Albania (then part of the Ottoman Empire). He served as a dervish under Baba Shemsi of the tekke of Izmir in Turkey. He also served at the tekke of Përmet and was appointed as the baba (leader) of the tekke in 1920 by Baba Ahmet of Turan.[1]

During World War II, he led a small group of pro-Communist fighters in the Dangëllia region. Due to his pro-Communist affiliations, the Communists preferred Xhafer Sadik over Abaz Hilmi, who was highly conservative and resisted liberal reforms proposed by the Communists. As such, he was appointed by the Communist regime to preside over the Fourth National Congress of the Bektashi that was held in 1945 in Tirana. Baba Xhafer died on 2 August 1945.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Elsie, Robert (2019). The Albanian Bektashi: history and culture of a Dervish order in the Balkans. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78831-569-2. OCLC 1108619669.
  2. ^ Xhafer Sadik Dede Baba (Kryegjyshata Botërore Bektashiane)
Preceded by Dedebaba
5 May 1945 - 2 August 1945
Succeeded by