Author: Karamikhova, Margarita
Title: Prikazka za Osman baba
Description: Sofiia, Akademichno Izd.Marin Drinov, 2002. orig. wrappers. 150,(16)pp, 20x14cm,. 16pp color photoplates.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Bulgarian text. Includes a 4-page English summary. "The Shrine of Osman Baba". Ethnographic study of the shrine for an Alevi - Bektashi Sufi saint in Treketo, Rhodopi mountains. Contents: Obraznata struktura na geroia svetets [Pictorial structure of the hero-saint]; Vizitna kartichka na sevremennoto prostranstvo [ethno-file]; vevedenie v miastoto i problematikata [introduction to the place & problematics]; Chudnite biografii na Osman Baba [the miraculous biographies of Osman Baba]; Prostranstvoto na Osman Baba [Osman Baba's place]; Ritual't - Ritualite [ The ritual, the rituals]; Prilozheniia: Iz "pokhvalna kniga na tiurbe ' Osman Baba" [From the guest's book ot the tjurbe 'Osman Baba']; Rechnik na niakoi spetsifichni termini [Glossary]; Smertta na edin svetets (dinamika na kultiviu prostranstva i raiona na Krumovgrad) [A saint is dying ( dynamics of sacred shrines in the region of Krumovgrad)].

Keywords: Bulgaria, Bektashism Religion, Bektasi Bektashis, Bulgaria Muslims, Islamic Sufis Alevi, Islam Saint Shrines, Othman Osman Baba, Heterodox Muslim, Sufism History Sufi, Bektashi Saints