Sarı Saltık

Sarı Saltık (also spelled Sarı Saltuk, "the blonde", Ottoman Turkish: صارى صالتق, romanized: Ṣarı̊ Ṣaltı̊q; also referred as Sari Saltuk Baba or Dede) (died 1297/98) was a 13th-century Alevi Turkish dervish, venerated as a saint by the Bektashi Sufi Muslims in the Balkans and parts of Middle East as well as the mainstream Sunni Muslim community.

Saltık
صالتق
Bust of Sari Saltik in Kruje, Albania.
Personal
BornUnknown,
possibly Bukhara
Diedc. 1297/98
Resting placeMausoleum of Sari Saltuk Baba, Babadag, Romania
44°53′37.3″N 28°43′07.0″E
ReligionIslam
EraLate Middle Ages
Known forSufi mysticism
Muslim leader
Period in office13th century
Influenced by
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