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to visit and gifted him a traditional Dibran
Albanian costume. The kaymakam was won over and permitted the tekke to continue teaching in Albanian so long as other Ottoman authorities did not find out. Upon the arrival of
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was declared in 1912, Albanians were openly educated in their native tongue, with members of the tekke of Bllaca such as Seit Tasha becoming prominent local educating figures. The tekke was destroyed during the
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along with his father, Fejza
Bulqiza. He opened the first meytep (elementary religious school) in Bllacë during the mid-1830's, but due to the 1826 Ottoman ban on the
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in 1924. Baba Rushit served both tekkes simultaneously but preferred to reside in Bllaca. Later in the 1920's, the tekke was administered by Sejdi Baba.
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were distributed from this tekke. Baba Isuf was crucial in teaching the
Albanian language in the
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Baba Sufa, who hailed from the
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and his army in 1910, the ban on the teaching of
Albanian was enforced yet again. After the
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how to read and write in their native language, and distributing books that came from
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during late 19th and early 20th centuries. The tekke's feast day is the 10th of June.
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and reopened in 1995 under Baba Ismail
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Jashar Zeneli, an important figure of the tekke during this period, invited the
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The tekke was yet again destroyed in 1967 during the
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The tekke was notorious for educating people in the
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729:(in Albanian). Bektashi World Headquarters.
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585:. Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori". p. 117.
568:(in Albanian). Bektashi World Headquarters.
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532:. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 179–180.
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