Društveno-politički, religiozni, književni i drugi aspekti derviških redova u jugoslavenskim zemljama
Social, political, religious, literary and other aspects of the dervish orders in Yugoslav lands

Summary/Abstract: In the present paper the author throws more light on the social, political, religious, literary, and cultural aspects af the dervish orders in the Yugoslav lands at the time of Ottoman rule (XIV -XIX century), and especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, and partly in Serbia. It is well-known that the dervishes participated in the conquest of the Yugoslav lauds by the Turks, in the founding of settlements, the spreading of Islam, and in Islamic oriental culture and literature. By way of illustration the present author discusses the first missionaries: Ayni and ShamsiDede, dervish Khorasani in Bosnia, and Meddah-Baba, who is considered the conqueror of Skopje. It is well-known that there was a coalition of the Ottoman authorities and the Orthodox Sufi orders: Mawlawi, Nakshibendi, Halveti, Khadiri, Rifai, and others, whose institutions were founded mostly by the wealthy ottoman aristocracy, the chief representatives of the Ottoman authorities in these parts, as well as by others, and that they were supported by rich endowments (wakf).

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