Mystic (B. ? – D. 1516.)
His real name is Hızır Bali. The information on him rests on stories. He was
accepted as the “breath son”, “path son” and “second master” of Haci Bektas
Veli by the members of order. There are rumors that he was the son of Mursel
Baba who comes from the family of Kadıncık Ana, the adopted child of Hacı
Bektas Veli; and also some information that he is from the Serbian or Bulgarian
origin. After the death of Mursel Baba, he became the sheikh of Hacı Bektas
Order. On an epitaph in Balım Sultan Tomb next to Haci Bektas Veli Tomb, he is
indicated as the son of Resul Bali, descended from Haci Bektas. But some
researchers think that Haci Bektas Veli was never married, and he was accepted as
the “Sipirutel Son” of Hacı Bektas Veli. According to the stories that
established an organic bound between the Balim Sultan and the Ottoman state
administration; as he was placed as the head of Haci Bektas Order by Bayezid
the Second, he was in a good relation with the Sultan. The breaking of Safavid
propaganda in
It is known that Balim
Sultan has made some arrangements in Bektashi order and organization was given
utmost importance. The branch of Celebis in Bektashi order accepts the
novelties conducted by Balim Sultan; but they reject the institutions of
“mucerred” and “dede baba”. But it is known that “mucerred status”, the culture
of twelve Imams and the opinion of godhead as stated by “Hak-Mohammad-Ali” and
the twelve posts ranking were symbolized during Balim Sultan era. Balim Sultan
has played an important role in the Bektashi history as the person who achieved
to establish an organization within the Bektashi order. There is no written
information or works written by Balim Sultan except for the verbal information
within the Bektashi tradition. But the dominant opinion is that the “nefes”
recorded under his name are not originally his. Some sources record that these
poets belong to another Balim Sultan who participated in the conquest of
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