Salih Nijazi

Salih Nijazi
Official portrait, c. 1940
Dedebaba of the Albanians
In office 20 March 1930 – 28 November 1941
Preceded by	Haxhi Fejzullah
Succeeded by	Ali Riza
Personal
Born	(1876-03-15)15 March 1876 İstarye, Sanjak of Görice, Ottoman Empire (now Starje, Albania)
Died	28 November 1941(1941-11-28) (aged 65) Albania
Cause of death	Assassinated
Religion	Islam
Citizenship	Ottoman, Albanian
Organization
Order	Bektashi Order

Part of a series on Bektashism
Historical figures Haji Bektash Veli Nesimi Balım Sultan Gül Baba
Bektashi Dedebabate Salih Nijazi Ali Riza Dede Kamber Ali Xhafer Sadik Abaz Hilmi Ahmet Myftar Reshat Bardhi Edmond Brahimaj
Bektashi sites Kryegjyshata Haji Bektash Veli Complex Arabati Baba Teḱe Durbalı Sultan Tekke Hasan Baba Tekke Tekke of Melan Tekke of Frashër Zall Tekke Abbas Ali Türbe Tomb of Gül Baba
Events Ashura Nevruz World Bektashi Congress
Countries Bektashism in Albania Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order
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Salih Nijazi (15 March 1876 – 28 November 1941) was Dedebaba of the Bektashians from 1930 until his death in 1941. He was the last Dedebaba of Turkey and the first Dedebaba of Albania.