Pir (Alevism)

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Shia Islam ALEVISM
Beliefs
Allah · Haqq-Muhammad-Ali · Quran Prophet Muḥammad ibn `Abd Allāh Muhammad-Ali  · Islamic prophet Zahir  · Batin  · Buyruks  · Poetry Shari’a · Tariqat · Haqiqa · Marifat Wahdat al-wujud (Sufi metaphysics) Baqaa · Fana · Haal · Ihsan · Kashf Nafs · Al-Insān al-Kāmil · Four Doors Lataif · Manzil · Nûr · Sulook · Yaqeen Cosmology · Philosophy · Psychology
The Twelve Imams
Ali  · Hasan  · Husayn al-Abidin  · al-Baqir  · al-Sadiq al-Kadhim  · ar-Rida  · al-Taqi al-Naqi  · al-Askari  · al-Mahdi
Practices
Fasting  · Sama  · Music Zakat  · Ziyarat  · Taqiyya Ashura  · Hıdırellez  · Nowruz Mawlid  · Düşkünlük Meydanı
Leadership
Dedes · Murshid · Pir · Rehber Babas · Dergah · Jem · Cemevi
Crucial figures and influences
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid  · Fatimah Khidr  · Salman al-Farisī  · al-Qarni Jābir ibn Hayyān  · al-Misrī  · Bastamī Al-Hallaj  · al-Kharaqanī  · Hamadānī Abdul-Qadir Gilanī  · Ahmed Yasavī Ahmed ar-Rifa'ī  · Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar Ibn ʿArabī  · Mevlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī Ahi Evren  · Hajji Bektash  · al-Qunāwī Sheikh Taj al-Dīn Gilanī  · Sarı Saltuk Yunus Emre  · Safī Al-Dīn Ardabilī Nāimī  · Sadr al-Dīn Mūsā  · Nasīmī Ni'matullāh Walī (Nûr'ūd-Dīn Kermānī) Sheikh Junāyd  · Sheikh Haydar Otman Baba  · Sultân Ali Mirza Safavī Balım Sultan  · Khatā'ī  · Gül Baba Pir Sultan Abdal  · Fuzûlî  · Kul Nesîmî
Related Muslim Tariqah
Malāmat'īyyah · Qalāndār'īyyah Qadir'īyyah · Akbar'īyya · Rifa'īyya Uwaisī · Naqshband'īyyah Owais'īyyah Mawlaw'īyya · Zahed'īyya · Safāv'īyya Khalwat'īyyah · Bayram'īyyah · Jelvetī Bābā'īyyah · Ḥurūf'īyya · Nuqṭaw'īyya Alians · Bektashī folk religion · Çepnī Bektash'īyyah · Jelāl'īyya · Ni'matullāhī Harabat'īyyah · Nurbaksh'īyya · Galibī
Alevi history
Umayyads  · Abu Muslim al-Khorasani Abbasids  · Bābak Khorram-Dīn Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev II  · Baba Ishak Bayezid Walī  · Persecution of Alevis Şahkulu Rebellion  · Şahkulu Baba Battle of Çaldıran  · Yavuz Selim Abaza rebellion  · Kuyucu Murad Paşa The Auspicious Event  · Mahmud II Koçgiri Rebellion  · Dersim Rebellion Seyid Riza  · Dersim Massacre Maraş Massacre  · Sivas massacre
Other influential groups
Ismā'īlīya · Alavī Bohra · Nizārī Ismā'īlī Nusayr'īyya · Durūzī · Khurrām'īyyah Kızılbaş · Bábísm · Bahá'ís · Yazdanī Yâresân · Êzidî · Yazidī · Sabians Sabians of Harran · Luvian mythology Chinarism · Gnosticism · Nabataeans Mazdaism · Mazdakism · Zurvanism Zerdust · Mandaeism · Manicheism Shaman · Tengriism · Panentheism
SAFAVID INFLUENCES IN IRAN
Safavid Conversion of Iran from Sunnism to Shiism Shia in Persia before Safavids Shiism in Persia after Safavids
Shi'a states in Persia before Safavids
Justanids  · Alavids  · Buyids Hasanwayhids  · Kakuyids  · Alamut Ilkhanids  · Jalayirids  · Chobanids Injuids  · Sarbadars  · Kara Koyunlu
Shi'a states in Persia after Safavids
Afsharids  · Shakis  · Ganja Karabakh  · Shirvan  · Zands Qajar dynasty  · Pahlavi dynasty  · Iran

In Alevism, a Pir is a rank of Dede.

See also

• Pir