<br>the tekke was built in 1815 and he served there until his death in 1835. he developed the tekke of frashër and the one in leskovik as cultural and literature centers. he inspired two other bektashi raised albanian writers, şemseddin sami and his brother naim frashëri, who contributed to forging the albanian national conscience. tahir babai was regarded as one of three spiritual advisers of ali pasha tepelena.