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About this atlas
The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.
Reshat Bardhi (Dede Reshati)
Tirana
Dedebaba 1993-2011 (Wikipedia); the order credits him with reviving the faith after 1990
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
No chain up to the Prophet is recorded for this person in the sources read.
How to read the marks
- Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
- One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
- The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
- A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
- The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
- A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).
Who received from Reshat Bardhi (Dede Reshati)
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
two sourcesin Bektāshiyyasources differ
successor of · Reshat Bardhi (Dede Reshati) to Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj (Baba Mondi) · Two independent sources
Elected World Bektashi Grandfather on 11 June 2011 after Reshat Bardhi's death; the order calls him Reshati's student.
the community's own account: Bektashi World Headquarters (Kryegjyshata), official siteWikipedia, Bektashi Order (tertiary; cites Algar 1989, Elsie 2019)Checked against
- Bektashi World Headquarters, election article · agreesElected 11 June 2011; predecessor Dede Reshat Bardhi.
- Wikipedia, Bektashi Order, Dedebabas list · agreesBrahimaj ('Baba Mondi') elected 11 June 2011 as 8th Dedebaba.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- No rival claimant to the Tirana headquarters was found. The Çelebi line at Hacıbektaş (Ulusoy family per a METU dissertation excerpt) is a separate lineage whose present head was not located.Gümüşoğlu (2022), postnişin and Çelebi/Babagan study (search excerpt)
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Reshat Bardhi (Dede Reshati)”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/reshat-bardhi (data of 31 October 2026).