entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class
ENT_ALV_ABDALAN_RUM,Abdalan-i Rum (Abdals of Anatolia),,Alevi,Initiate order,Initiate order,antinomian Anatolian dervish milieu,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The wandering antinomian dervish groups of medieval Anatolia among whom the Bektashi tradition crystallized; matrix of Alevi-Bektashi formation. Attested; Karamustafa, God's Unruly Friends.",collective
ENT_ALV_BALIM_SULTAN,Balim Sultan,,Alevi,Founder/saint,Founder/saint,organizer (pir-i sani) of the Bektashi order,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Early-16th-c. saint called the 'second pir' (pir-i sani) credited with systematizing Bektashi ritual and organization at the Pir Evi (Haji Bektash lodge). Attested; Birge.,saint
ENT_ALV_BUYRUK,Buyruk (the Book of Command),,Alevi,Sacred text/principle,Sacred text/principle,doctrinal/catechetical text corpus,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Buyruk, the body of Alevi-Bektashi doctrinal texts transmitting belief, the cem, and the path; ascribed in tradition to Ja'far al-Sadiq / Shaykh Safi lineages. Attested manuscript tradition.",abstraction
ENT_ALV_CEM,Cem (the gathering),,Alevi,Ritual category,Ritual category,core communal worship ceremony,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The central Alevi-Bektashi communal worship gathering led by a dede, modeled on the primordial Kirklar assembly; includes the semah. Publicly attested ritual category (interiors not modeled). Shankland; Birge.",ritual
ENT_ALV_DEDE,Dede (spiritual guide),,Alevi,Spiritual office,Spiritual office,hereditary religious office leading the community,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The hereditary spiritual leader of an Alevi community, drawn from sacred lineages (ocak) tracing descent to the Ahl al-Bayt; presides over the cem. Attested institution; Shankland, Dressler.",abstraction
ENT_ALV_HAJI_BEKTASH,Haji Bektash Veli (Alevi-Bektashi veneration),,Alevi,Saint,Saint,eponymous saint / pir of the path,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,The 13th-c. Anatolian saint venerated as pir and patron of the Alevi-Bektashi path; the Alevi reception of the historical figure recorded at ENT_SUF_BEKTASH. Velayetname hagiography; Birge.,saint
ENT_ALV_HIZIR,Hizir (Alevi veneration),,Alevi,Holy figure,Holy figure,"immortal helper, patron of the distressed",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Alevi veneration of Hizir (Khidr) as the ever-living helper invoked in distress, honored with the Hizir fast; the Alevi reception of the figure at ENT_ISL_KHIDR. Attested in Alevi practice.",saint
ENT_ALV_KAYGUSUZ,Kaygusuz Abdal,,Alevi,Sufi poet,Sufi poet,early Bektashi saint-poet,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Late-14th/15th-c. dervish poet, a foundational Bektashi literary saint whose verse shaped the tradition's hymnody. Attested Bektashi poet; Birge, Karamustafa.",sage
ENT_ALV_KIRKLAR,Kirklar Meclisi (Assembly of the Forty),,Alevi,Saint collective,Saint collective,mystical assembly / archetype of the cem,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Forty Saints (Kirklar) whose primordial assembly, presided over by Ali, is the mythic archetype of the cem ceremony; central Alevi-Bektashi collective. Attested in Birge and Alevi buyruk lore. Cohort hub.",collective
ENT_ALV_KIZILBASH,"Kizilbash (Qizilbash, Alevi forebears)",,Alevi,Movement,Movement,historical Safavid-allied Anatolian devotees,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Kizilbash, the Safavid-allied heterodox Anatolian Turkmen devotees of Ali and the Safavid shaykhs, the historical antecedent of modern Alevis. Attested; Dressler, Karamustafa.",collective
ENT_ALV_MUHARREM,Muharrem / Matem (Alevi mourning),,Alevi,Ritual/devotional category,Ritual/devotional category,mourning observance for Husayn and the Imams,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Alevi twelve-day Muharrem mourning fast (matem) commemorating Husayn's martyrdom at Karbala and the Twelve Imams, ended by Ashura. Publicly attested observance; Shankland.",ritual
ENT_ALV_OCAK,Ocak (sacred lineage),,Alevi,Spiritual/social category,Spiritual/social category,hereditary holy lineage system,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The system of sacred hearths/lineages from which dedes descend, claiming genealogical connection to the Imams and saints; organizes Alevi sacred authority. Attested; Dressler.",abstraction
ENT_ALV_PIR_SULTAN,Pir Sultan Abdal,,Alevi,Mystic/saint,Mystic/saint,saint-poet / martyr of the tradition,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,16th-c. Alevi saint-poet (asik) executed by Ottoman authorities; his nefes hymns are central to Alevi devotional repertoire and identity. Attested poet of the Kizilbash-Alevi milieu.,saint
ENT_ALV_SEMAH,Semah,,Alevi,Ritual category,Ritual category,turning ritual dance within the cem,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The ritual turning movement performed during the cem, understood as imitating the turning of the Forty and the cosmos. UNESCO-recognized; publicly attested. Birge.",ritual
ENT_ALV_TRINITY,Allah-Muhammad-Ali (the Alevi triad),,Alevi,Theological category,Theological category,divine unity expressed as a triadic formula,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Alevi-Bektashi understanding of divine unity expressed in the formula Hak-Muhammad-Ali, in which Ali is venerated as the locus of divine manifestation; doctrinally distinct from Sunni Islam. Attested in Birge and Dressler.",sage
ENT_ALV_TWELVE_IMAMS,The Twelve Imams (Alevi veneration / On Iki Imam),,Alevi,Holy collective,Holy collective,venerated Imams central to Alevi devotion,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The Twelve Imams as venerated in Alevi-Bektashi devotion (On Iki Imam), commemorated in the Muharrem mourning and matem fast; the Alevi reception of the Shi'a Imamate (cf. ENT_ISL_INFALLIBLES / ENT_ISL_AHL_BAYT). Attested.",collective