Baba Samid was a Shia Sufi tariqa that gained a widespread following in medieval Azerbaijan and Turkey, believed to be a branch of the Bektashi tariqat and legendarily attributed to a figure named Baba Samid, said to be a son of Haji Bektash Veli. The order flourished following the Safavid takeover of Azerbaijan and remained widespread by the sixteenth century and active through the nineteenth, particularly documented in the Sabirabad District, where a mausoleum built in 1585 commemorates the order's namesake and its tomb inscriptions connect him genealogically to Imam Ali Reza; knowledge of the order's traditions was significantly diminished by Soviet-era neglect of its research.
Facts
Classification
Kind of order ApostolateSpiritual Direction and Dhikr 1 Who may join Belief
Defining Doctrinal PositionAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law 1 Practice
Liturgical Language Organisation
OrdinationAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination 1 Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 2 Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Held Differently
Bektashi Order, Religious Orders Why this is disputed. Legendary attribution only: the order's own description calls the Bektashi lineage a tradition attributed to a figure said to be a son of Haji Bektash Veli, not a documented institutional filiation.
Governed By Polity
Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
Rooted In
Source Wikipedia: Baba Samid
Uses Liturgical Language
Sources
1. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
2. Wikipedia: Baba Samid
WikipediaIntroduction, kind of order
Baba Samid was a Shia Sufi tariqa that gained a widespread following in medieval Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Rooted In: Sufism, Lead section
Baba Samid was a Shia Sufi tariqa that gained a widespread following in medieval Azerbaijan and Turkey.
View the Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
New World EncyclopediaGoverned By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmissionQuote, Governed By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmission
Almost all traditional Sufi orders trace their "chains of transmission" back to the Prophet via his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib (except the Naqshbandi order which traces its origin to caliph Abu Bakr ).
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