Dede (title)
Dede (Turkish for 'grandfather, ancestor, ancestor') is an honorary designation given to leaders of various Islamic and related communities.
The title can be found in dervish communities. Alternatives are ata ('ancestor') and baba ('father', sometimes a rank below).
The name can also be found among the Alevis (who partly ascribe themselves to Islam, partly not), there it describes a direct descendant of Muhammad (the Ehlibeyt ) from the line of Imam Ali, who must know the Koran exactly and who also owns it special forces (keramet) is attributed. He has the function of imam in other Islamic denominations, and teaches and helps in Alevi prayer . The corresponding female function is the Ana ('grandmother').
Dede was also used as a respectful title for holy miracle workers in Istanbul and Anatolia, e.g. B. in the travel reports of Evliya Çelebi . Dede was borrowed into Persian as Dada , plural: Dadagan . In Safavid terminology, dada referred to the small groups that supervised the Murschids . The Safavids were originally a Tariqa (mystical order) in the 14th century .
The term is historically documented in early sources such as the collection of dialects of the Turks (diwān lughāt at-turk) from Kashgari and in later Turkish rhapsodies such as the Dede Korkut stories. Dede Korkut is also called Korkut Ata in these stories. Dede can appear before or after a person's name. After the name of the person, the title v. a. at Mevlevi -Derwischen. The title came before the name several times in Anatolia, e.g. B. on a deed of foundation of the Principality of Germiyanoğulları .
literature
- Dede , article by Franz Taeschner in Encyclopaedia of Islam .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Franz Taeschner in Encyclopaedia of Islam , article Dede
- ↑ TDK dictionary ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Taeschner refers to Evliya Çelebi Travels , translation by Hammer
- ^ C. Brockelmann Middle Turkish Vocabulary , Budapest / Leipzig 1928
- ↑ İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı Osmanlı Teşkilâtına Methal , p. 173
