Index
Abdal Musa
11, 23, 59, 354â356, 358â362, 364â370, 372â375, 377, 381â383, 386 f., 389
Abdal of Rum
59
aesthetic
1, 4, 6 f., 7, 9, 21â23, 25 f., 29, 32, 34, 46 f., 49, 68, 79, 86, 88, 91â94, 98 f., 102, 118 f., 121â123, 128, 142, 144 f., 150, 232, 234, 247, 255, 297, 387
aesthetic distinction
122
aesthetic formation
11, 22, 98, 102, 119
aesthetics of persuasion
25, 32
Ahl al-Bayt; Ehli Beit (Albanian)
2, 5, 9 f., 16, 19, 23, 26, 31 f., 35, 49â54, 57, 68, 76â78, 80, 84, 86, 88, 91, 104, 118, 127, 131, 191, 213 f., 218â223, 226â229, 232â234, 243â249, 259, 277, 364
Ê¿alam (ensign; standard)
361â363
Alawi-Nusayri
1â3, 31, 35, 289, 291â293, 295
Albania
1, 4, 23, 31, 34, 45â47, 49, 51â53, 63â65, 67â69
Alevi
1â4, 11, 23, 31, 35, 51, 292, 354â361, 364â366, 369â391, 373â376, 381â383, 386â389, 486
Ali ibn Abi Talib (600â661 CE)
51, 259
apparition
5, 20, 79
Ardabil
84â87, 90â92
arīza (petition or request)
343â345
Ashura
4, 14, 45, 101â103, 105, 118, 121, 129, 132, 147, 159, 291â292 f.
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal
364â366, 371 f.
Azerbaijan
1, 34, 77, 83â85, 88, 92 f., 218
Baghdad
231
baraka (blessing)
10, 12, 14, 16, 67, 274, 298
batin; bÄá¹in (hidden; inward; esoteric)
46 f., 55, 58, 62, 66â69, 302
esoteric; esotericism
Batul Alam al-Huda (née Jazayeri)
163, 167 f., 170
Bektashi
1â4, 23, 31, 34, 45â47, 49â69, 49, 51 f., 57â63, 66, 292
bidʿa; bidah (innovation in religious matters)
336, 339, 346, 349 f.
blood
14 f., 19, 31â33, 119 f., 136, 157â161, 163, 168â176, 178â181, 202, 264, 278, 283
Buddhism; Buddhist
4, 321
Cairo
11 f., 88, 108, 175, 222
capital
35, 218â220, 222â224, 227, 230 f., 246â249
cultural capital
219 f., 224
social capital
35, 218, 223 f., 227, 231, 248
cassette (tape)
77 f., 80â83, 85 f., 88â92, 94, 135
cemetery; necropolis
11, 18, 32, 163 f., 167, 169 f., 298, 310, 319, 325, 328â330, 333â336, 339, 345, 347
martyrsʼ cemetery (golzÄr-e shohadÄ)
163, 166, 169
cenotaph
11, 298â303, 305â308, 310, 312â314, 367, 368
ChÄh-e arÄ«zeh (Well of Requests)
20 f.
circumambulation
11, 18, 303, 305â307, 310, 314, 367 f., 373, 377, 380, 384
compact disc (CD)
77, 87â91, 93, 104
consanguinity
19, 157 f., 163, 170, 175, 180 f.
Damascus
11, 26, 28, 98, 115, 118, 129
daÊ¿wa; dawÄh; proselytization (the act of inviting people to Islam; Muslim missionary activity)
65, 223, 303, 346
Dedebaba
4, 45, 47â49, 53, 58, 63
Dedebaba Haxhi Edmond Brahimaj (Baba Mondi) (b. 1959)
45, 52, 54â59, 63
Dedebaba Reshat Bardhi (1935â2011)
48 f., 52
Dedebaba Salih Niyazi (1876â1941)
53, 63
devotion
2, 9, 14, 19â23, 26, 32, 34 f., 49, 52, 66, 76â78, 80â84, 88, 90â94, 122, 137, 144, 204, 209, 213, 221, 226, 248 f., 274, 301, 327 f., 330, 340, 342, 345, 351, 354â358, 371, 373â375, 377, 383, 387
diaspora
2â5, 33, 35, 93, 233, 254â257, 260 f., 263â265, 268 f., 347, 354
divorce
254, 257 f., 260â263, 265â267
duÊ¿a; duÊ¿Äʾ (prayer of invocation, supplication, or request)
28, 30, 116, 191, 303, 325, 343
supplication
Egypt
4, 11 f., 18, 50, 78, 88, 92, 107 f., 218, 220â223
Eid
5 f., 104, 106, 273, 278, 321 f., 340
Eid al-Adha
321
Eid al-Fitr
273, 278, 321
Eid al-Ghadir
5 f., 104, 106, 321
esotericism; esoteric
2 f., 12 f., 46, 53, 56, 61, 67, 293, 301
batin; bÄá¹in
ethics
23, 33, 35, 79 f., 88â93, 99, 185â187, 195â203, 205â208, 210, 212â215, 255, 295, 358
Fatima bint Muhammad, al-Zahra (605 or 612/615â623 CE)
49, 334
festival
24, 36, 131, 290, 294, 318â325, 328 f., 332, 336, 339â343, 345â347, 349, 351, 358, 369 f., 373, 380
festive illumination
318, 323, 340, 349
food
11, 16, 24, 32, 36, 77, 102, 218, 220 f., 263, 303, 313 f., 329â334, 339, 348, 369, 383
foodstuff
11, 16, 24, 36
sufra
16 f.
gender
14, 25, 32 f., 35 f., 147, 158, 180, 215, 218, 260, 357
al-Ghayb
21, 302
the Concealed
33
the Occult
20
the Unseen
21
al-Ghayba (Occultation)
3, 5, 20, 101, 302, 319
grave soil
5, 11 f., 16, 23, 35, 273â275, 278â282, 284 f.
turba (Arabic); türbe (Turkish); mohr (Persian)
grave visitation
12, 24, 35, 221, 318, 324 f., 330, 333â336, 339, 346 f., 350
ziyÄra (Arabic, Persian); ziyaret (Turkish)
Haji Bektash Veli; HacıbektaÅ veli (Turkish); Haxhi Bektash Veli (Albanian) (1209â1270 AH)
4, 53â55, 67, 355, 375
Hassan ibn Ali (625â670 CE)
2, 228, 259, 280, 325, 330, 337, 343â345
Hatay; Antakya (city and province in Turkey)
3, 22, 289, 296, 299, 303, 313
heritage; turÄth
8 f., 24â29, 31â33, 231, 284, 292
heritagization; heritage making
9, 25 f., 29, 31â33
hierophany
19
Hinduism, Hindu
321â324, 323, 333, 336, 338, 342, 350
Hizbullah
27â29, 34, 98â106, 116, 118â123
holy water
11, 16
homoerotic, homoeroticism
146 f., 149
Howeyzeh (city and county in Khuzestan Province, Iran)
32, 163â167, 169 f.
Husayn ibn Ali (626â680 CE) (also spelt HuÌseyin [Turkish]; Hossein [Persian]; Hysejn [Albanian])
2, 4â6, 11, 14, 16, 23, 26, 30, 33, 35, 49â51, 53 f., 58, 76, 84, 86, 89â91, 104, 118 f., 127, 129â131, 138, 140â143, 145, 147159, 165, 177, 202, 210, 215, 219, 221, 225 f., 228, 247 f., 273â286, 291â293, 320, 330, 335, 341â343, 358, 361, 364, 368
India
13, 52, 54, 56, 83, 319, 322, 332, 361, 363
ingestion
11â14, 274, 281
inshÄd (Islamic religious chanting); nashÄ«d, pl. anÄshÄ«d (Islamic religious chants)
105 f., 110, 115â117, 121 f.
Islamic Revolution in Iran (1979)
6, 25, 31 f., 81, 84, 118, 132 f., 135 f., 143, 150, 159, 161, 165 f., 170, 177 f., 215, 231 f, 260, 320, 328, 341 f.
JaÊ¿far al-Sadiq (702â765 CE)
2, 52, 277â286
javanmardi
186, 215
Kaʿaba
11, 297, 308, 377
Karbala
1 f., 4â6, 16, 26, 30, 33, 50 f., 80, 84, 94, 104 f., 129â133, 138â143, 147, 157, 159â161, 168 f., 181, 210, 221, 228â231, 234, 243, 247, 274â279, 285, 291, 320, 358, 387
Khawla bint al-Husayn
26 f.
khidma (service)
19, 35, 218â227, 232 f., 244, 247 f.
al-Khidr
296, 300â302, 307
Kosovo
46, 52, 68
Kryegjyshata (World Headquarters of the Bektashis)
45â47, 51â53, 59, 67 f.
laá¹am (Arabic); sineh-zani (Persian) (rituals of chest-beating)
128, 139, 146 f., 151, 278
Lebanon
1, 14 f., 26â29, 34, 93, 98â101, 104 f., 114 f., 118, 120, 122 f., 227, 233, 249
love
52 f., 77, 84 f., 88, 140 f., 143, 148 f., 203â206, 210, 215, 225, 255 f., 259, 276, 302, 330, 358, 360, 368
Macedonia
46, 52, 68
maddÄḥ (Arabic); meddah (Persian, Turkish)
77, 80â88, 90â93, 127â132, 134, 137 f., 142, 144â151
mahr (dowry)
5, 33, 35, 254ââ269
maqṣūra
18
maÌrjiÊ¿ al-taqlÄ«d, pl. maÌraÌjiÊ¿ al-taqlÄ«d (source of emulation)
228 f., 232, 340
marriage; betrothal
33, 35, 63, 167, 202, 221, 226, 226, 254â269, 322, 358
martyr
4â6, 19, 26, 31â33, 35, 50, 76, 104, 129â136, 142, 144, 149â151, 157â165, 167â170, 172â177, 179â181, 221, 273â277, 280, 291, 301â303, 313, 320, 340, 358, 387
Mashhad
18, 280, 285
mausoleum
297
mawlid (birthday, e.g., of the Prophet Muhammad)
5, 29, 34, 98 f., 106â109, 112, 114â117, 122 f., 221
vilÄdat (birth, e.g., of al-Mahdi)
24, 328 f., 340â342, 344, 346, 349, 351
Mecca
5, 11 f., 51, 275, 281, 377 f.
media technologies
34, 78â80
Medina
12, 18 f., 51, 98, 106 f., 110, 325, 337â339
Mid-Shaʿban
5 f., 24, 36, 318â320, 322â325, 328â330, 336, 339â341, 343, 345 f., 349, 351
Jashn-i Nisf Shaʿban
24, 318â320, 322, 325, 327â329, 331â336, 339â342, 344â349, 351
migration
99, 176, 254â256, 264, 269, 296, 348, 360, 386
Moazenzadeh, Salim
85â87, 93
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (r. 1941â1979)
81
mourning
4, 14, 76 f., 81, 84 f., 88, 91 f., 101, 105, 119, 121, 123, 130â132, 168, 170, 221 f., 226, 233, 275, 320 f., 333, 358, 387
Muhammad, Prophet
2, 4 f., 10 f., 16, 18 f., 29, 52, 77, 98, 104, 157, 168, 189â191, 203, 206, 209 f., 213, 218, 221, 228, 231, 234, 259 f., 277, 280, 293, 297, 301 f., 318, 321, 325, 330, 334, 339, 357 f., 367 f., 377 f.
Muhammad al-Mahdi (869â CE)
2 f., 5, 20, 33, 144 f., 238, 242, 319â321, 325â346, 349, 351, 361
Muharram
4â6, 14, 49 f., 76, 81, 84 f., 89, 91, 93, 105, 119 f., 127, 129, 135, 159â161, 221 f., 232 f., 247, 291, 320, 343, 345, 361, 363 f.
mursil (al-Rusul) Ulu al-Ê¿Azm (Prophets of Strong)
114 f., 205, 284, 330, 330
Musa al-Kazim (745â799 CE)
51, 57, 220, 283â285
Najaf
11, 30, 52, 94, 101, 230, 247
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1848â1896)
185
Nauroz
322, 340, 343
Neo-Salafi
24, 36, 319, 346 f.
Ahl-i Hadith
310, 319, 339, 346
Norway
1, 33, 35, 215, 254 f., 257 f., 260â264, 267
Panjtan; the Holy Five (Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hassan and Husayn)
50, 68, 330
Pir Evi (Tekke of Haji Bektash Veli in central Anatolia)
53 f., 59, 62
poetry; poem
9, 21, 53, 61 f., 84â86, 90, 93 f., 108, 110 f., 116 f., 127, 129 f., 132â134, 146â150, 185, 186â188, 190â192, 196, 202â208, 212, 221, 232 f., 360, 386 f.
nefes (poem or hymn with esoteric content)
53, 357
qaṣīda (ode)
107, 129
politics of authentication
11, 25
potentia
19 f.
praesentia
18â20
Qom
20, 32, 86, 94, 145, 170, 342 f., 345
raÌduÌd, pl. raÌwadiÌd (ritual eulogy reciter)
226
maddÄḥ (Arabic); meddah (Persian, Turkish)
Ramadan
5, 11, 81, 84, 104 f., 273, 278 f., 318
rite
16, 58, 66, 99, 102, 104, 167, 179, 220 f., 228, 232, 245, 247 f., 289, 295, 314, 325, 358, 387
á¹¢Äḥeb al-ZamÄn Mosque (mosque in Jamkaran, Iran)
20 f., 32, 133, 136, 138 f., 337
SamandaÄ (town and district in Hatay Province, Turkey)
22, 289 f., 299, 304, 306, 312, 314
Sayyida
26â28, 163 f., 167â171, 225, 234, 236, 242, 249
sectarian; sectarianism; sectarianization
3, 5, 24â26, 29, 34, 65, 93, 278, 301, 321 f., 334, 338, 346, 348, 351, 357 f.
Shab-i Barat
24, 318 f., 321, 323 f., 335â339, 345â351
shafÄÊ¿a; intermediation; intercession
16 f., 68, 109 f., 116â118, 122, 169 f., 202, 274, 368, 371
Shahid Alam al-Hoda
167â171, 176
shaykh (Arabic); Åeyh (Turkish)
13 f., 26, 65, 101, 104, 107 f., 204, 284, 291, 294 f., 298, 300â302, 309 f., 321â323, 325, 329, 341
shrine; maqÄm (Arabic); makam (Turkish)
5, 9, 11, 16â22, 26â28, 30â32, 51, 107, 121, 144, 161, 179, 247, 278, 289â292, 294, 296â303, 306â314, 336 f., 342â345, 350, 354â359, 361 f., 364â375, 377 f., 380â387, 387
mausoleum; mashhad; maqṣūra; türbe; cenotaph
storytelling
134, 186, 212
Sufism
56, 202, 204, 373
Naqshbandiyya (Sufi order)
65
Nurbakhshiyya (Sufi order)
322â324
semah (Sufi audition)
355, 386
Sufi
3, 10 f., 45, 51 f., 54, 56 f., 59, 61, 65, 84, 146â148, 175, 186, 198, 203â205, 212, 220 f., 292, 319, 321â324, 347, 354 f., 358â360, 365 f., 368, 371, 373, 376, 378
Sufi poetry
146â148, 204 f., 212
á¹arÄ«qa (Arabic); tarikat (Turkish) (Sufi order, brotherhood, or path)
3, 45, 57, 61, 65 f., 84, 111, 198, 220 f., 223, 292, 322â324, 347, 354 f.
tekke (Turkish); khanqah (Persian) (Sufi hospice)
45, 51â53, 62â66, 68, 323, 347, 354 f., 364
supplication
5, 28 f., 32, 35, 77, 81, 105, 108, 191 f., 201, 205, 279, 283, 285, 325, 330, 338, 345
syncretism; syncretic
3 f., 324, 338, 350
Syria
3, 11, 18, 26, 28, 30 f., 34, 86, 93, 112, 114â116, 118, 123, 218, 289, 293, 295 f., 301, 312
tabarruk (seeking blessing)
5, 11, 14, 16, 273 f., 273 f., 278 f., 281, 286
tabiat kültleri (cults of nature)
375
taqiyya (Arabic); takiye (Albanian); profanation; permissible dissimulation
66, 69, 322
taá¹bÄ«r (Arabic); qamehzani (Persian); self-flagellation
14 f., 119 f.
taxh (crown)
50, 58, 60, 63â66
Elif taxh
58
Taxh Hysejni
50, 58
taʿziyah (Arabic); taʿziye (Persian)
138, 160, 222
Tirana
34, 45, 47, 51â53, 59, 62, 67
transnational
4, 9, 25â27, 34, 36, 76 f., 91â94, 269, 341, 343
turba (Arabic); türbe (Turkish); mohr (Persian)
1, 3 f., 11, 22, 31, 34â36, 45, 50 f., 53 f., 58, 63, 77 f., 81â86, 88, 90â93, 114, 167, 185, 202, 243, 275, 277â281, 283â286, 288, 290, 292, 296, 298 f., 301, 307, 313, 346, 354, 357, 365â367, 371, 381, 387 f., 390
Turkey
1, 3 f., 11, 22, 31, 34â36, 51, 53, 63, 77 f., 77, 81â86, 88, 91â93, 185, 289 f., 292, 296, 299, 301, 307, 313, 354, 357, 365 f., 371, 381, 387 f., 390
Twelver; JaÊ¿fari; ImÄmÄ« (branch of ShiÊ¿ism)
1â3, 5, 20, 24 f., 34 f., 52, 57, 77 f., 84, 99 f., 101, 107, 129, 185, 187, 195, 197, 204 f., 207, 214 f., 255, 273, 275, 277â281, 284â286, 290, 292 f., 313, 319, 325, 330, 351, 357, 361
walÄya (the spiritual power of initiation and guidance)
10, 276, 286
walÄ«, pl. awliyÄ (Arabic); veli, pl. evliya (Turkish) (âfriend of Godâ)
4, 10, 18, 26, 53â55, 57, 67, 322, 336, 349, 354â356, 375, 381 f.
warmusement
26, 28
zahir (evident; exoteric)
46 f., 58, 62, 67â69
Zamzam Well
11â13
Zaynab bint Ali ibn Abi Taleb (626â682 CE)
26, 28, 86, 104, 133, 168, 219, 225, 234, 236 f., 349
ziyÄra (Arabic, Persian); ziyaret (Turkish)
5, 22 f., 110, 116, 122, 169, 273, 284, 289â292, 296â314, 325, 355, 373
Zulfiqar or Dhu l-Fiqar (the sword of Imam Ali)
361 f.
zur-khane
5, 35, 147, 185â187, 195â209, 198, 211, 213â215