# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bal-m-sultan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:25:41.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bal-m-sultan"
name: "Balım Sultan"
slug: "bal-m-sultan"
description: "Balım Sultan was a Turcoman Bektashi sufi who established and codified the Bektashi Order at the beginning of the 16th century. The mystical practices and rituals of the Bektashi were systematized and structured by Balım, after which many of the order's distinct practices and beliefs took shape. He is considered the primary personality in the Bektashi Order after Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli (Haji Bektash) and is regarded as the “Second Pir”."
tagline: "Sufi"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Flag_of_the_Bektashi_Order.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_Bektashi_Order.svg.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1457"
deathDate: "1517"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.71
  momentum:             3.276984871345269
  historical:           7.476032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal%C4%B1m_Sultan"
    title: "Balım Sultan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بالم سلطان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal%C4%B1m_Sultan"
    title: "Balım Sultan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal%C4%B1m_Sultan"
    title: "Balım Sultan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بالیم سلطان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balim_Sultan"
    title: "Balim Sultan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balim_Sultan"
    title: "Balim Sultan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%C3%ABm_Sulltani"
    title: "Ballëm Sulltani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4853232"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump