Sarı Saltık
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Sarı Saltık was a 13th-century Alevi Turkish dervish, venerated as a saint by the Bektashi Sufi Muslims in the Balkans and parts of Middle East as well as the mainstream Sunni Muslim community.
Bust of Sari Saltik in Kruje, Albania.
Haji Bektash Veli
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Haji Bektash Veli was an Islamic scholar, mystic, saint and philosopher from Khorasan who lived and taught in Anatolia. His original name was Muhammad. He is also referred to as the "Sultan of Hearts"
Sarı Saltık
…devotee", although "things are told of him that are reproved by the Divine Law". He is considered by various sources a disciple of Mahmud Hayran, of Haji Bektash Veli, or of one of the successors of Ahmed ar-Rifa'i. According to the 17th-century traveller Evliya Çelebi, his real name was Mehmed, and he was from…
15th century painting depicting Haji Bektash, located in Hajibektash complex
Sculpture of Haji Bektash Veli in Turkey
Haji Baktash Veli, a murid of the Malāmatī-Qalāndārī Sheikh Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar, introduced Ahmad Yasawi's doctrine of "Four Doors and Forty Standing" into his order.