The Mufti of Istanbul or Chief of the Religion. Ottoman Empire.
Category: Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical dresses and antiques. Medieval, Byzantine.
The different orders of Dervishes. The number of these societies.
The different orders of Dervishes (Sufi) originated in the two sects of Ebu Bekir and of Ali. Their followers took the name of Dervishes, a Persian word, which means the sill or threshold of a door.