Lazarat
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Lazarat is a village in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. It is located in the Dropull valley. Formerly functioning as a municipality, as part of the 2015 local government reform, it became a s
Lazarat
Lazarat in 2020
Bektashism
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Bektashism is a Sufi order of Islam that evolved in 13th-century western Anatolia and became widespread in the Ottoman Empire. It is named after the walī Haji Bektash Veli, with adherents called Bekta
Lazarat
…RENEA officers were sent to reinforce the town and locate the attackers. Lazarat is inhabited by Muslim Albanians, many of whom have traditionally been Bektashi. The villagers speak with the Tosk dialect of the Albanian language. The main activity is agriculture, especially animal husbandry. The area is known…
Interior view of Arabati Baba Teḱe, Tetovo, North Macedonia.
Haji Bektash Veli Complex
World Headquarters of the Bektashi
Arabati Baba Tekke, in Tetovo