Historic site in Gjirokastër
Zall Tekke
Backside of the Tekke with green dome
Location
Gjirokastër Built 1780
The Zall Tekke (
Albanian : Teqeja e Zallit ) or Asim Baba Tekke (
Turkish : Âsım Baba Tekkesi ) is a
Bektashi
teqe in
Gjirokastër ,
Albania . It is a
Cultural Monument of Albania .
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History
Seyyid Muhammed Asim Baba of Üsküdar (
Istanbul ) founded the tekke in 1780. It is also known as the Teqeja e Zallit (Gravel Tekke) or as the "Tekke of Pebbles" due to its location at the side of a river bed that is usually dry.
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The tekke was administered by the following babas.
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Asim Baba from 1780 to 1796
Hasan Baba Turku from 1796 to 1798
Sulejman Baba of
Gjirokastra from 1798 to 1806
Ali Baba Gega from 1806 to 1830
Haxhi Jahja Baba of
Kruja from 1830 to 1836
Ibrahim Baba Turku from 1836 to 1846
Hysejn Baba
Elbasani from 1845 to 1861
Ali Haqi Baba of
Elbasan from 1861 to 1907
Selim Ruhi Baba of
Elbasan from 1907 to 1944
The tekke also hosted a library with books and manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and later also Albanian. For 3 years during the
Balkan Wars and also during
World War I , Greek soldiers were stationed at the tekke, which did not have any babas and dervishes at the time due to the wars. The baba and dervishes later returned, and the tekke was restored in 1916.
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References
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40°04′02″N 20°08′57″E / 40.0671°N 20.1492°E / 40.0671; 20.1492