OverviewA figure remembered at the heart of the Bektashi tradition in Anatolia.CategoryScholarPeriodBirth date unknown · d. c. 1271 CE
Life and settingHaji Bektash belongs to the religious history of medieval Anatolia. Much of his biography survives in later hagiographic accounts rather than contemporary documentation.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
Work and legacyThe Bektashi tradition developed around his remembered teaching and authority. Later institutional practices should be distinguished from what can be established about his own lifetime.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
SourcesOriginal concise biography based on the cited references. Historical reports, later devotional traditions and uncertain dates are distinguished where relevant.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
