MEVLEVI ORDER IN THE CRIMEA IN THE XIV - XIX CENTURIES
This article deals with the functioning of the Sufi Mevlevi Order in the Crimea for a long period from the beginning of the 14th to the end of the 19th century. On the basis of evidence from medieval scholars, it is noted that the followers of Jalaladdin Rumi, the ideological mastermind of the Mevlevi Order, found themselves in the Crimea at the end of the 13th century. The Mevlevi Order in Crimea reached its greatest extent during the Crimean Khanate, under the auspices of the ruling dynasty Giray. After the Soviet power was established in Crimea, the Order of Mevlevi was transformed into a special local Sufi tradition of «Saadi», incorporating elements of the Yasawiya Order.