Erkanname of Bektashi Tariqa Describing a Shaving Ritual of Khalifa: "Menzil-i Hilâfet Tıraş-ı Erkân"
In: Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi
ISSN: 1309-9302
In Bektashism, there are three ceremonies in which the shaving man is practiced. One of these three ceremonies is the shaving ritual for those who have reached the caliphate. The subject of our article is the section named "Menzil-i Hilâfet Tıraş-ı Erkan", which is included in the manuscript named "Erkan-ı Sultâ(n) Abdâl Musa", registered with the number 06 Hk 4284 in the Ankara National Library Ötüken Public Library. There are four chapters in the work, which was written in Nesih script. The titles of the chapters in the manuscript are "Haza erkan-ı Sultâ(n) Abdal Musa", "Cennet ül Esma", the third title opened as "Bab", and finally "Menzil-i Khilafah Tıraş-ı Erkan". The section named "Menzil-i Khilafet Tıraş-ı Erkan", as the name suggests, describes the caliphate for those who have reached the caliphate. There is no doubt that this order, which is located between pages 11b-17b of the manuscript, is a caliphate shaving order. In our study, the work written in Ottoman Turkish was transileterationed. In addition, by analyzing and evaluating the content of the work, it has been tried to reveal the caliphate shaving order and its features, which is one of the ceremonies in which the shaving method is applied in Babagân Bektashism.