The Sufi Journey of Baba Rexheb

by Frances Trix

Baba Rexheb, a Muslim mystic from the Balkans, founded the first Bektashi community in America. This is his life story and the story of his communities: the traditional Bektashi tekke in Albania where he first served, the displaced persons camps to which he escaped after the war, the centuries-old tekke in Cairo where he waited, and the Bektashi community that he founded in Michigan in 1954 and led until his passing in 1995. Baba Rexheb lived through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934536121
• ISBN13: 9781934536124
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"