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[ya-mowlana]

Softa Baba Teke, the tyurbe (mausoleum) of Sabri Hussayn in Tutrakan, Bulgaria. He is known as Softa Baba, and is venerated as a saint by the Bulgarian Alevis. He lived in the late 19th to the mid 20th century, and was a well respected Naqshbandi teacher.

The ground the tyurbe stands on is soft, so it is supported by stones, which, along with relics from the shrine, are often stolen. Softa Baba’s family runs the shrine, growing apricots and peaches and selling rakia.

Pilgrims visit the site in the summer, eating together, and lighting candles and praying. Folklore holds that Softa Baba dwells in the home or has patronage of the home, so devotees clean their homes for his sake.

[ya-mowlana]

Demir Baba Teke, in Sveshtari, Bulgaria. Demir Baba, the “Iron Father,” was a 16th century mystic saint. He is venerated by the Bulgarian Alevi Muslims, and his tyurbe (mausoleum) is considered the most important among them. It supposedly sites on a Thracian (ancient Balkan culture) site, a Thracian tomb also being in Sveshtari.

Demir Baba was less severely anti-society than his master Ak Yazala Baba, or his master’s master Osman Baba, Demir Baba marking the point at which the “Babai” or “Abdal” movement becoming more mainstream. Rather, he was known as a warrior-saint, taking up arms as a ghazi, or religious combatant.

Besides numerous miracles attributed to him, folklore has him fighting dragons, once in Özü, and once in Muscovy. Because of this, his shrine has become associated with St. George by local Orthodox Christians, and Muslims and Christians both visit the shrine to pay their respects to the two saints and leave gifts at the shrine.

[ya-mowlana]

Ak Yazala Baba Teke, near Obrochishte, Bulgaria. The former teke (lodge) is now the tyurbe (mausoleum) of Ak Yazala Baba, a Bulgarian mystic saint from the 16th century venerated by the Bulgarian Alevi Muslims. He was the successor of Osman Baba and the teacher of Demir Baba, two other important Bulgarian Islamic saints.

The site has become associated with St. Athanasius by local Orthodox Christians, and both Muslims and Christians visit the tyurbe to celebrate the two saints and seek healing on May 2. Both saints are believed to have patronage of health and animals.

1. (Photo: Architecture of Islam by Takeo Kamiya)

2. (Photo: Nikolai Karaneschev)

[mcskirt]

Heya ! Meet Loreyln, an hedonist aliani. He loves to take care of people and cheer them up. I made a design for a charm to help my BFF when she has hard times ! And here is the wallpaper version.

[ueberallnurfotzen]

Ich hätte dir alles verziehen, alles aus Liebe.

Ramsi Aliani

[imsorryimdiffecult]

Mich tötet diese Distanz.

- Ramsi aliani

[imsorryimdiffecult]

Bilder von dir, überall - ich hoffe du kommst heut Nacht zu mir.

- Ramsi aliani

[what-separatesmefrom-you]

''Bitte komm zurück, lass mich die Zeit zurück drehen und ich will wieder unser Glück sehen. Nur du und ich... Mein Gewissen es plagt mich, ich schlaf nicht, bitte sag nicht, das es vorbei ist - es treibt mich in den Wahnsinn. Wegen mir hattest du Tränen im Gesicht. Ohne dich ist meine Welt nicht im Einklang. Du fehlst mir, viel zu sehr. Ich weiß ich war nie einfach. Du fehlst mir. Ohne deine Liebe kann ich nicht, ich bin gefangen. Ich weiß nicht was ich tun soll, du bist mein Ein und Alles. Ich warte - es bringt nichts. Ich kehre kurz in mich, doch find nicht wonach ich gesucht hab. Ich zwing mich dich zu vergessen, doch kann nicht.. Ich war oft nicht ehrlich, zu viele Lügen. Doch ich liebe dich, du verschließt deine Türen. Bitte lass mich hinein, ich versprech dir ich änder mich und hör auf zu sagen "Es ändert nichts". Wir hatten zu viele Probleme und dieser Streit, sorgte dafür dass diese Liebe entgleist. Du fehlst mir..!''