The Dervishes
Dervishes,
who put an esoteric interpretation on the Koran,
and the collected sayings of the Prophet, and
dispense with the formalities of the mosque. The
originators of the first Orders had some
difficulty in introducing the novelty, being
restrained by the precept, "There is no
monasticism in Islam." Asceticism and
fanaticism, however, developed rapidly, and the
dervishes astonished people by their austerities,
their violent exercises, and their
self-laceration. The early dervishes renounced
their worldly goods to give them to the poor; now
a poor man becomes a dervish to earn a living by
alms. The dervishes have the right to speak
openly, and to follow the army, Koran in hand, to
encourage the soldiers. There were thirty-two
founders of Orders who rivaled each other in
their strange and extravagant customs. The best
known are the Mevlevi, or Dancing
Dervishes, whose head-quarters are at Konia
(p. 133); the Rufai, or Howling
Dervishes’; and the Bektash
Dervishes, who for several centuries were so
intimately connected with tlie Janissaries (p.
55). The mystic rites of the Mevlevi and Rufat
aim at the production of the ecstatic state in
which the soul enters the world of dreams, and
becomes one with God. The dervishes live in tekkes
presided over by Sheikhs, who represent the pir,
or founder of the Order, and they acknowledge
no authority but that of their spiritual chief.
The wandering dervishes are classed as those who
travel by order of their superior to beg (teiiya),
and those who have no fixed abode (Kalender).
Handbook
for Travellers Asia Minor, Trancaucsia, Persia,
Etc… Edited By Major-General, Sir Charles
Wilson, R.E, K.C.B.
London (UK): John Murray, Albemarle Street 1896.
Persian Painting The
Traveler and the Dervish. c.
1486. "Kay Khusraw With Afrasiyab's
Women" from a Shahname made for
Sultan Ali Mirza, Gilan, 1493-94. ...
The door approached by the Dervish
leads to the cave below'. This describes
the right-hand side of the picture, which
depicts part of the circular inner ...
The Traveler and the Dervish"
possibly by Hajji Muhammad, Herat 1486.
This piece is from a manuscript of the
Golestan of Sa'di produced at the court
of ...
In this respect, she was
under the influence of a dervish
named Mollagul Divana – he was ...
This dervish of the Sengim
Kipcak urug had lived in and around ...
Ogurjaly (I have never heard
of this tribe in modern Turkmenistan - it
seems to have disappeared - but there are
some Yomut "dervish"
tribes coming from the ...
Detail The Traveler and the Dervish.
c. 1486 possibly by Hajji Muhammad, Herat
1486. This piece is from a manuscript of
the Golestan of Sa'di produced at ...
Towards the God whom he
dearly loved, he was as fearless as the
Anatolian dervish, who,
addressing his God with "O Lord, are
you drunk? ...
Two other Mughal works which
exhibit similar painterly characteristics
are a painting in the British Museum of a
mendicant dervish dated to circa
1570 ...
Jun 26, 2008 ... The
fate of those who depend on the
changeable moods of kings is contrasted
with the freedom of the dervishes.
...
Mainly Hungarian with some
English/Russian text., 61 b/w. Gombos,
Karoly. Aszetak, Dervisek, Imaszonyegek /
Ascetics, Dervishes. 1984,
Prayer Rugs. ...
Shah Ismail's reply is thus
related by Erskine: * "The youthful
warrior who professed to feel a pride in
his descent from a family of holy dervishes,
...
Friedlander, Ira: The
Whirling Dervishes ; NY: 1975. 8
x 10.5, 50 b/w 20 figures. Fulanain: Haji
Rikkan, Marsh Arab ; London: 1927. 5.5 x
0 Hardback, ...
Birge, John Kingsley: The
Bektashi Order of Dervishes.
London: 1937. Boucher, Jeff: Baluchi
Woven Treasure. London: 1989. Burkett,
M.E.: The Art of the Felt ...
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