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Bayramiye

Sufi Orders
Origin from 1400

Bayramiye, also spelled Bayramiyya or Bayramism, is a Turkish Sufi order founded by Haji Bayram Veli in Ankara around the year 1400. The order spread to the Ottoman capital Istanbul, where it maintained several tekkes, and into the Balkans, particularly Bosnia, Macedonia and Greece, as well as into Egypt, where a tekke was established in Cairo.

Facts
Origins
Origin Period
from 1400 1
Source gives the founding as \around the year 1400 AD\"; treated as the nearest attested year."
Origin Period
circa 1400 1
Founder
Haji Bayram Veli 1
Status
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 1
Practice
Liturgical Language
Classical Arabic 2
Classification
Kind of order
Sufi Orders 1
Apostolate
Spiritual Direction and Dhikr 2
Who may join
Open to All Genders 2
Belief
Defining Doctrinal Position
An interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law 2
Defining Doctrinal Position
Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company 2
Organisation
Ordination
Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination 2
Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Sufism, Denominations

Governed By Polity

Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism

Originated In

Turkey, Countries
Source Bayramiye (Wikipedia)

Rooted In

Sufism, Denominations

Uses Liturgical Language

Sources
1. Bayramiye (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    founded by Haji Bayram Veli (Hac? Bayram-i Veli) in Ankara around the year 1400 AD
  • Lead paragraph, founding clause
    in Ankara around the year 1400 AD
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence
    founded by Haji Bayram Veli ... in Ankara around the year 1400 AD
  • Introduction, kind of order
    Bayramiye, Bayramiyya, or Bayramism is a Turkish Sufi order (Tariqa) founded by Haji Bayram Veli (Hacı Bayram-ı Veli) in Ankara around the year 1400 AD.
  • Originated In: Turkey, Lead
    is a Turkish Sufi order (Tariqa) founded by Haji Bayram Veli
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2. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
Wikidata: Bayramiye
Wikidata Q3780308, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)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 transmission
Quote, 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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