An example to law in Alaouite - Bektashi group: Veli Baba Sultan Treaty

Abstract

Alaouite – Bektashi (Turkish Shi‘ites) faith had its own judicial system and sanctions. Although this jurisprudence is usually an oral tradition, a written document, a treaty, was prepared in the house of Veli Baba Sultan, at Uluğbey in Senirkent, Isparta. There are three copies of this treaty which belong to different dates. In this study I have examined how the rules in this document have been followed and how they have changed throughout history.