origin and derive from the terms dharani and arvis (Old Turkic), referring to a "specialist in magic", as they are credited as folk healers, engaged in healing, performance of miracles, protection spells and more.

Religious practice

Dervishes try to approach God by virtues and individual experience, rather than by religious scholarship.Many dervishes are mendicant ascetics who have taken a vow of poverty, unlike mullahs.

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