Qizilbash identity declaration as a song performed by Aşık Gülabi, a famous Turkish religious singer. The main pillars are as per below: 00:30 Zulfiqar: The legendary sword of Ali, Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law, first imam, and fourth caliph 00:30 ’Ne Mutlu Aleviyim Diyene’: ’What a joy to be an Alevi!! This comes in total contradiction to the emblem of Turkey and Ataturk: Ne Mutlu Türküm Diyene 00:45 Ali, the Zulfiqar, religious music and the dance samaa 01:05 Ali and the Twelfth Imam (Mahdi) innovatively depicted with a luminous head 01:58 Innovative depiction of a lion next to Ali; possible source: Safavid Iran 02:35 Ali and the other Imams, with the Twelfth Imam on the left 03:24 Haji Bektash, a 13th c. Khorasani Turk mystic who moved to Seljuq Anatolia; founded in the 16th c. the Ottoman Bektashi Order altered the preaching of the Sunni mystic, by incorporating Shia concepts 04:42 Τhe religious dance Samaa 05:23 Τhe music instrument oud 06:10 The name of Ali
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