Bektashi Dedebabate is the religious leadership of Bektashi Islam. The term Dedebaba comes from Turkish and means the grandfather (grandfather+dad).1 The dedebabas (Albanian: kryegjysh) are the spiritual and religious leaders of the Bektashi community.2 Bektashis do not consider them to be divinely appointed leaders. The current and eighth Bektashi dedebaba is Baba Mondi.
List of dedebabas
List of dedebabas following the 1925 exodus of the Bektashi Order from Turkey to Albania:
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Salih Nijazi (1876–1941) |
20 March 19303 | 28 November 1941 |
| 11 years, 8 months and 8 days | ||||
| 2 | 
|
Ali Riza (1882–1944) |
6 January 1942 | 22 February 1944 |
| 2 years, 1 month and 16 days | ||||
| 3 | 
|
Kamber Ali (1869–1950) |
12 April 1944 | 1945 |
| 0 or 1 year | ||||
| 4 | 
|
Xhafer Sadik (1874–1945) |
5 May 1945 | 2 August 1945 |
| 2 months and 28 days | ||||
| 5 | 
|
Abaz Hilmi (1887–1947) |
6 September 1945 | 19 March 1947 |
| 1 year, 6 months and 13 days | ||||
| 6 | 
|
Ahmet Myftar (1916–1980) 
|
8 June 1947 | 1958 |
| 9 or 10 years | ||||
| 7 |
|
Baba Reshat (1935–2011) 
|
20 July 1993 | 2 April 2011 |
| 17 years, 8 months and 13 days | ||||
| 8 | 
|
Baba Mondi (born 1959) 
|
11 June 2011 | Incumbent |
| 14 years, 11 months and 21 days | ||||
References
References
- "baba, dede in English - Turkish-English Dictionary | Glosbe". glosbe.com. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
- 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.
- Çuni, Nuri (28 January 2020). "Kryegjyshata Botrore Bektashiane/ Sot, 90-vjetori i ardhjes në Shqipëri të Kryegjyshit Botror të Bektashinjve, Sali Niazi Dedei. Kryegjyshi Botror, Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj: Sot në Korçë zhvillohet aktiviteti për "Nderin e Kombit". Ja historia e plot e klerikut atdhetar". Gazeta Telegraf (in Albanian).