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	Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, the great Anatolian philosopher and the father of the Mevlevi sect
		This site is constructed by the Celebi family for their great-grandfather, Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, the great Anatolian philosopher, poet and the father of the Mevlevi sect.
		generation descendant) and the past "Celebi," the leader of the Mevlevi sect.
		Mevlana Mausoleum with its mosque, dance hall, dervish living quarters, school and tombs of some leaders of the Mevlevi Order continues to this day to draw pilgrims from all parts of the Muslim and non-Muslim world.
	www.mevlana.net (370 words)

	Mevlevi
		The Mevlevi are mainly known as Whirling Dervishes, due to their unique style of dancing dhikr, known as sema.
		It is especially with music that the Mevlevi have achieved influence in Turkey, having shaped much of the country's traditional music.
		The Mevlevi order has spread to Syria and Egypt, where it is known by its Arabic name, "mawlawi".
	i-cias.com /e.o/mevlevi.htm (280 words)

	Mevlevi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mevlevi, or Mevleviye, one of the most well-known of the Sufi orders, was founded in 1273 by Rumi's followers after his death, particularly his son, Sultan Veled Celebi (or Çelebi, Chelebi).
		The Mevlevi, or "The Whirling Dervishes", believe in performing their dhikr in the form of a "dance" and music ceremony called the sema.
		The Mevlevi were a well established Sufi Order in the Ottoman Empire, and many of the members of the order served in various official positions of the Caliphate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mevlevi (696 words)

	Mevlevi Glossary
		Mevlevi novices, also worn as a night cap by Mevlevi's.
		Mevlevi tradition, it was not a solitary retreat, but a period of 1001
		was appointed by Celâleddin Celebi to be the Mevlevi Shaykh of
	www.dar-al-masnavi.org /mevlevi-glossary.html (0 words)

	Time Out Istanbul - Istanbuls living city guide online
		Although there is still plenty of time before the Mevlevi dervish sema session is due to begin, a crowd of tourists has gathered in the courtyard of the Galata Mevlevihanesi (Dervish Lodge), waiting to be let into the semahane (the hall where sema is performed).
		The Mevlevi dervishes are the followers of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi, a mystic poet and the founder of the Mevlevi order, who was born in 1207 in present day Afghanistan.
		The Galata Mevlevi Lodge: Galip Dede Caddesi 15, T?nel.
	www.timeout.com.tr /yazi_goster.php?artID=68 (1120 words)

	Mevlevi
		The Mevlevi are mainly known as Whirling Dervishes, due to their unique style of dancing dhikr, known as sema.
		It is especially with music that the Mevlevi have achieved influence in Turkey, having shaped much of the country's traditional music.
		The Mevlevi order has spread to Syria and Egypt, where it is known by its Arabic name, "mawlawi".
	www.lexicorient.com /e.o/mevlevi.htm (251 words)

	Mevlevi
		The Mevlevi Order or the Mevleviye are a Sufi order founded by the followers of the Persian Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi in 1273 in Konya present day Turkey; also known as the Whirling Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of Dhikr (remembrance of Allah).
		The Mevlevi, or Mevleviye, one of the most well-known of the Sufi orders, was founded in 1273 by Rumi's followers after his death, particularly his son, Sultan Veled Celebi (Chelebi).
		The centre for the Mevlevi order was in Konya, in Turkey, where Rumi is buried.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/me/Mevlevi.htm (456 words)

	Divan Literature Museum (Galata Mevlevi Lodge) Istanbul
		The Galata Mevlevi Lodge (mevlevihane) or as it is also known the Kulekapı Mevlevi Lodge which is now serving as a museum, is one of the institutions which reflect the culture of the era in the best possible way.
		A great number of those people who came together in a Mevlevi Lodge environment were educated in various areas of fine arts and their names were remembered for a long time as far as science and scholarship was concerned.
		The Mevlevi Lodge which is located at the top of the steep street going down to Yüksekkaldırım is the oldest Mevlevi Lodge of İstanbul.
	www.istanbulhotelreservations.com /istanbul/museums/divanliterature.htm (262 words)

	The Ultimate The Whirling Dervishes - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The Mevlevi Order or the Mevleviye are a Sufi order founded by the followers of the Persian Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi in 1273 in Konya present day Turkey; also known as The Whirling Dervishes, sometimes called the Howling Dervishes or the Dancing Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of meditation.
		The Mevlevi, or Mevleviye, one of the most well-known of the Sufi orders, was founded in 1273 by Rumi's followers after his death, particularly his son, Sultan Veled Celebi.
		There is also a Mevlevi monastery or durgah in Istanbul, near the Galata Tower, where the sema ceremony is performed and accessible to the public.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Mevlevi (361 words)

	Mevlevi Australia
		Mevlevi Australia ’s activities include all aspects of the Sufi path to expanded consciousness, framed within the tradition of the Mevlevi path.
		Mevlevi Australia is a non-profit organisation and is funded by regular and voluntary donations as well as entry fees.
		Mevlevi Australia offers an open invitation for each person to relate to the Mevlevi tradition and its teaching in a way that provides nourishment in their lives.
	www.mevleviaustralia.org /australias-mevlevis.html (289 words)

	Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was also the founder of the Mevlevi order, better known as the "Whirling Dervishes", who believe in performing their worship in the form of dance and music ceremony called the sema.
		He founded the order of the Mevlevi, the "whirling" dervishes, and created the "Sema", their "turning", sacred dance.
		The Mevlevi, or "The Whirling Dervishes", believe in performing their dhikr in the form of sema.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jalaluddin_Rumi (3418 words)

	Whirling Dervishes in the Islamic Tradition
		It is performed by semazens (whirlers) that belong to the Mevlevi sect of the Sufi.
		By performing the sema, Mevlevis try to experience the meaning of the words from the Qur'an: "To God belong the East and the West, and wherever you turn is the face of God.
		The boy would be given the choice between going on a 1001 day retreat and joining the Mevlevi order or becoming a muhip, which means that he does not go on retreat or live in the tekke but comes every day to be trained in the dervish practices.
	home.wlu.edu /~lubint/Touchstone/2000/Dervish-Fischer.htm (1841 words)

	Whirling Dervishes in istanbul-by Minos Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Mevlevi mystic order was established by Sultan Veled, son of the 13th century Islamic philosopher Celâleddin-i Rumî.
		Where Mevlevi thought differs from that rationalism is the belief that not reason but divine love, ask, is the way for human beings to attain truth.
		Gavsi Ahmed Dede was the first in a mevlevi family which served as seyh of the lodge until the mid-18th century, and they were succeeded by Safi Musa Dede, seyh of the Kasimpasa and Yenikapi Mevlevi lodges.
	www.minostravel.com /en/dervish.html (826 words)

	Mevlevi music
		SM1 SURREY UK The mevlevi are sufis who follow the teaching of Mevlana (Rumi) who was a mystical poet and philosopher of the 13th century.
		The melodies of mevlevi music are among the most inspired and uplifting ever to have been composed.
		Mevlevi music provides a link with pure human attitudes which exist naturally within the human psyche and assist realisation of the true Self.
	www.btinternet.com /~saraswati.soc/ayinplay.htm (587 words)

	Whirling Dervishes (Mevlevi) in Turkey
		Their spellbinding worship service, the Mevlevi sema, has dervishes in long white dresses whirling ecstatically for a quarter hour at a time to the drone of ancient Islamic hymns.
		Though all dervish orders were closed shortly after the foundation of the Turkish Republic, the Mevlevi were soon allowed to reform as a "cultural organization," perhaps because they were not overtly political and reactionary as were some other orders.
		The Mevlevi have always been ecumenical in outlook, welcoming non-Muslims to the semain the belief that all people are equal in the sight of God.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhereToGo/CentralAnatolia/Konya/mevlevi.html (359 words)

	Whirling Dervishes in istanbul-by Minos Travel
		The Mevlevi mystic order was established by Sultan Veled, son of the 13th century Islamic philosopher Celâleddin-i Rumî.
		Where Mevlevi thought differs from that rationalism is the belief that not reason but divine love, ask, is the way for human beings to attain truth.
		Gavsi Ahmed Dede was the first in a mevlevi family which served as seyh of the lodge until the mid-18th century, and they were succeeded by Safi Musa Dede, seyh of the Kasimpasa and Yenikapi Mevlevi lodges.
	www.angelfire.com /vt/minostravel/dervish.html (826 words)

	Mevlevi hakkında ansiklopedik bilgi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mevlevi, Mevlânâ Celâleddin Rûmi'nin özel olarak yaptığı zikir ve törenleri göz önünde tutarak ölümünden sonra oğlu Sultan Veled tarafından kurulan tarikata giren kimsedir.
		Mevlevi olmak isteyenlerin, tekkeye geldikten sonra birtakım gerekli törenlerden geçmesi, kesin kurallara uyması geleneği vardır.
		Bir kimsenin «Mevlevi» adını alabilmesi için bin bir günlük çile'yi doldurması gerekir.
	www.turkcebilgi.com /mevlevi (375 words)

	Cappadocia: Whirling Dervishes
		They made neither a sound no any movement of the hands arms or head The Mevlevi novice underwent long years of self-denial, penance and training in the sema The state of trans which the sema induced cut off all awareness apart from that of communion with God.
		The Bektaşis, however ridiculed the Mevlevi dance as an unnecessary adjunct to the worship of God.
		The Mevlevi dervishes had lodges in many parts of Turkey, including Afyon, Kütahya, Bursa, Gelibolu, Aleppo, and of course Konya the home of Mevlana.
	www.turizm.net /cities/cappadocia/whirlingdervishes.htm (806 words)

	mevlevi ayini
		mevlevi ayini ile mevlevi semahını birbirine karıştıramamak gerekir.ayin, mevlevi semahına eşlik eden bir musiki formudur.
		ölüm gününü allaha kavuşma ve bir düğün bayramı günü olarak kabul eden mevlananın ölümünden sonra oğlu sultan veled ve kendisinden sonra gelen mevlana dervişleri tarafından, mevlananın düşünce ve hareketleri üzerine mevlevilik kurulmuş ve bu tarikatın yolunu izleyenlere mevlevi denilmiştir.
		mutrıb heyeti, mevlevi ayinini okumaya başlayınca semazenler hırkalarını çıkarırlar, yani dünya işlerinden ayrılırlar.
	www.itusozluk.com /goster.php?t=mevlevi+ayini (807 words)

	Mevlevi Whirling Dervish Sema
		The Mevlevi sema, or dervish mystic religious rite, is an elaboration of the whirling done by Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi in ecstasy on the streets of Konya, Turkey in the 13th century.
		Ney: The soulful, breathy music of the ney, the open-ended reed flute of the Mevlevi, symbolizes the breathing of life into all creatures.
		Mevlevi dervishes in line to kiss the hand of the Sheikh Efendi, spiritual successor to Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /go/CentralAnatolia/Konya/sema.html (374 words)

	The Mevlevi Order
		For more than seven centuries the Mevlevi Tradition has held the light of the religion of love, offering spiritual refuge and enlightenment for those who wished to develop their human-ness to the highest level.
		Mevlevis have always been progressive and liberal in spirit while at the same time conserving the best of tradition.
		In 1990 Kabir Helminski, was honored with the title and responsibility of Mevlevi Shaikh by the late Dr. Celaleddin Celebi of Istanbul, Turkey, head of the Mevlevi Tariqa (Order) and direct descendant of Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi.
	www.sufism.org /society/mevlev.html (336 words)

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		The Mevlevi order as such was actually organised under the leadership of Adil Celebi, the second pir, who died in 1460, and who was responsible for formulating the rites and practices of the Mevlevi as a religous group.
		Mehmet the Conqueror is known to have a close relationship with the Mevlevi pir, Cemaleddin Celebi, the son of Pir Adil Celebi.
		During the time of the Mevlevi Sheyh Hüsrev Celebi, the son of the Kadý Mehmet Pasha, Selim the Grim visited the tomb several times, through his benevolence, a fountain was built in the grounds of the Mevlevi convent at Konya, and various endowments were granted to members of the order.
	www.exploreturkey.com /exptur.phtml?id=239 (2984 words)

	About the Mevlevi Order of America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The religious order founded by Rumi, the Mevlevi, known as the "whirling" dervishes, spread over seven centuries throughout the Eastern world, and his teaching has traveled from Andalusia to Afghanistan, from Egypt to the Balkans.
		Sheikh Jelaluddin, charged by his father to bring the traditions of the Mevlevis to America, has worked with the many Mitrib (musicians) of the order to develop new expressions for traditional musical themes, using western instruments, melodic forms, and languages.
		Meetings for Zikr and classes use combinations of traditional and modern melodies and instrumentation, and both classical and new forms may be heard, with songs, chants, and poetry presented n their original Turkish, Persian, or Arabic, as well as translations (and wholly new compositions) in English.
	www.hayatidede.org /V1/about_moa.html (1211 words)

	Euromed Heritage website
		Galata Mevlevi house is the oldest Mevlevi House in Istanbul.
		Mevlevi houses are were complex of buildings where sufi-mevlevi dervish were living and practicing their philosophy which surges from the most famous sufi mevlana Celaldeddin Rumi.
		Another historical mission of Galata Mevlevi House is to be the academy of arts and for centuries, many musicians, poets and thinkers were educated in Galata Mevlevi House.
	www.euromedheritage.net /adopt/adopt_gallery/galata.htm (1054 words)

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