Zahide Baci

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Ranđelović, M. (2018). Zahide Baci: An example of Sufi mysticism from Ottoman Niš, 66(1), 139-154. Retrieved from http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-08611801139R
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Title

Zahide Baci

Subtitle

An example of Sufi mysticism from Ottoman Niš

Author

Milan, Ranđelović

Journal

Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU

Volume
Issue

1

Start page

139

End page

154

ISSN
ISBN
DOI
URL

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-08611801139R

Date

2018-2020/03/24/16:21:18

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of the saga about Zahide Bacı, the legacy from the Sufi folklore which remained preserved as a part of the cultural and historical heritage of Ottoman Niš. The saga abounds with the leitmotifs from the legends and the parables of the holy people in Islam whose cults were honored as part of the popular religious tradition not only in the Ottoman Empire, but also in other Muslim countries. Through comparative insight into similar sagas, these leitmotifs are identified and their origins analyzed. In that way, we got better insight in the opus of syncretic elements taken over in this saga from the cultures and religions of the Near and Far East.

Keywords

Ottoman Empire, Niš, dervishes, Islam, mysticism, Sufism, Zahide Bacı