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Definition of Dervish

Dervish
Dervish Der"vish, n. One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan.
Dervish
Dervish Der"vish, Dervise Der"vise, Dervis Der"vis, n. [Per. derw[=e]sch, fr. OPer. derew to beg, ask alms: cf. F. derviche.] A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.

Meaning of Dervish from wikipedia

- Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh (from Persian: درویش, romanized: Darvīsh) in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (tariqah), or more narrowly...
- The Dervish Movement (Somali: Dhaqdhaqaaqa Daraawiish) was an armed resistance movement between 1899 and 1920, which was led by the Salihiyya Sufi Muslim...
- up Dervish, dervish, or درویش in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A dervish is a Sufi Muslim ascetic. Dervish or darvish may also refer to: Dervish movement...
- Dervish Pasha could refer to the following Ottoman statesmen: Darwish Pasha (governor of Damascus), governor of Damascus in 1571–1574 Dervish Pasha Bajezidagić...
- religious, political, and military leader who founded and headed the Dervish movement, which led a holy war against British, Italian and Ethiopian intrusions...
- Dervish Bejah Baloch (c.1862–1957), also known as Bejah Dervish, or simply Dervish, was a camel driver who pla**** a significant role in the exploration...
- Dervish Cara was an Albanian revolutionary leader known for his role in the Albanian Revolt of 1844, a revolt also known by his name as "the Uprising...
- Dervish Pasha Bajezidagić (died 1602/3) was a Bosnian official and poet under the Ottoman Empire. He served twice as the governor of his native Bosnia...
- Death and the Dervish (Serbo-Croatian: Derviš i smrt, Serbian Cyrillic: Дервиш и смрт) is a 1974 Yugoslav film directed by Zdravko Velimirović based on...
- known as the "whirling dervishes" due to their famous practice of whirling while performing dhikr (remembrance of God). Dervish is a common term for an...