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Elmalı Baba Tekke (Bivolyane)

Who rests here

Saints · died 1585 · Bivolyane (Momchilgrad)

Elmali Baba was a major 16th-century Bektashi sheikh who led some 500 dervishes in the Eastern Rhodopes; a 1579 Ottoman document attests his dergâh's authority. The active complex (türbe, mosque, ritual hall) near the village of Bivolyane, Kardzhali Province, contains six unnamed graves, one believed to be his.

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How to get there

Located in: Bivolyane (Momchilgrad)

Coordinates: 41.58290, 25.51450

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Permanent ID: EA-Y-000400 · this address reaches the same record even if its name changes; use it when citing.