Nasibi Tahir Babai

Nasibi Tahir Babai (died 1835), born Tahir Skënderasi, was an Albanian Bektashi saint, and one of the earliest poets belonging to the Bejtexhinj period. Tahir Babai took the nickname Nasibi (the fortunate one) after it was reported that the door of the tekke of Haji Bektash Veli in Asia Minor opened miraculously of its own accord to allow him to enter. In his late years he would settle in Frashër, Kazza of Përmet, back then Ottoman Empire (today's Albania), where he would found the Tekke of Frashër, a Bektashi tekke which would play an important role not only the religious point of view as a key Sufi center, but would also play a role in the Albanian National Awakening process.The tekke was built in 1815 and he served there until his death in 1835. He developed the tekke of Frashër and the

Nasibi Tahir Babai

Nasibi Tahir Babai (died 1835), born Tahir Skënderasi, was an Albanian Bektashi saint, and one of the earliest poets belonging to the Bejtexhinj period. Tahir Babai took the nickname Nasibi (the fortunate one) after it was reported that the door of the tekke of Haji Bektash Veli in Asia Minor opened miraculously of its own accord to allow him to enter. In his late years he would settle in Frashër, Kazza of Përmet, back then Ottoman Empire (today's Albania), where he would found the Tekke of Frashër, a Bektashi tekke which would play an important role not only the religious point of view as a key Sufi center, but would also play a role in the Albanian National Awakening process.The tekke was built in 1815 and he served there until his death in 1835. He developed the tekke of Frashër and the