Haji Bektash Veli

Biography:

Haji Bektash Veli or Ḥājī Baktāsh Walī was an Alevi Muslim mystic Sayyid humanist and philosopher from Nishapur in Khorasan Persia who lived and taught from approximately 1209 to 1271 in Anatolia. His original name was Sayyeed Muhammad ibn Sayyeed Ebrāheem Ātā was one of the figures who flourished in the Sultanate of Rum and had an important influence on the Turkoman nomads of Asia Minor.