tahir babai took the nickname nasibi (the fortunate one) after it was reported that the door of the tekke of haji bektash veli in asia minor opened miraculously of its own accord to allow him to enter. in his late years he settled in frashër, kazza of përmet, back then ottoman empire (today's albania), where he founded the tekke of frashër, a bektashi tekke which played an important role not only the religious point of view as a key sufi center, but also had a role in the albanian national awakening process.