Ahmet Myftar

Ahmet Myftar
1947 photograph of Ahmet Myftar
6th Bektashi Dedebaba
In office
8 June 1947 – 1958
Preceded byAbaz Hilmi
Succeeded byReshat Bardhi
Personal
Born(1916-02-22)22 February 1916
Died10 July 1980(1980-07-10) (aged 64)
ReligionIslam
Organization
OrderBektashi Order

Ahmet Myftar (also known as Ahmet Myftar Dede, Ahmet Myftari, or Ahmet Myftar Ahmataj) (1916–1980) was the 6th Dedebaba (or Kryegjysh) of the Bektashi Order in Islamic Sufi mysticism.[1][2] He was the final dedebaba to have served during the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ahmed Myftar Dede Baba (Kryegjyshata Botërore Bektashiane)