Bayramiye Explained

Bayramiye, Bayramiyya, or Bayramism, is a Turkish Sufi order (Tariqa) founded by Haji Bayram Veli (Hacı Bayram-ı Veli) in Ankara around the year 1400. The order spread to the then Ottoman capital Istanbul where there were several Tekkes and into the Balkans, especially in Bosnia, Macedonia and Greece. The order also spread into Egypt where a Tekke was found in the capital, Cairo.

Influence

Although the order today is almost non-existent, its influence can be seen in Aziz Mahmud Hudayi, and the prolific writer and Muslim saint İsmail Hakkı Bursevî.^[1]

See also

• Sufism
• Naqshbandiyya
• Khalwatiyya
• Zahediyya
• Rifa'iyya

Further reading

• Clayer, Nathalie, Muslim Brotherhood Networks, European History Online, Mainz: Institute of European History, 2011, retrieved: May 23, 2011.
• Book: Ensel, Remco. The Role of the Bektashis in Turkey's National Struggle. Brill Academic Publishers. 2002. See pp. 21–22
• Book: Trimmingham, J. Spencer. The Sufi orders in Islam. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1971.

Notes and References

1. Balcıoğlu, Tahir Harimî, Türk Tarihinde Mezhep Cereyanları - The course of madhhab events in Turkish history, (Preface and notes by Hilmi Ziya Ülken), Ahmet Sait Press, 271 pages, Kanaat Publications, Istanbul, 1940.