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+{{wiktionary|Dervish|dervish|درویش}}
-The term '''dervish''', sometimes spelt '''darvish''' can refer to a number of concepts, some of which include the following:
-* [[Dervish]]es, [[Sufi]] Muslim ascetic worshipper in a fraternity
+A '''[[dervish]]''' is a Sufi Muslim ascetic.
-* a nick-name for the Sudanese [[mahdist]]s
-* [[Darvish (music)]], a form of traditional Persian music often featuring instruments such as the [[Tar]], [[Setar]], [[Ud]], [[Tombak]], [[Daf]], [[Kamancheh]] and [[Santoor]]. [http://www.radiodarvish.com/ example link]
-* [[Dervish (dance)]], a type of dance
-* [[Dervish (band)]], an Irish folk band.
-* Dervishes, a class in the role-playing game [[Dungeons and Dragons]], which can be found in ''The Complete Warrior'' book.
-* In the [[Halo (video game series)]], Dervish was an early name in development for [[Arbiter (Halo)|The Arbiter]].
-* In the newest release of [[Guild Wars]] ([[Guild Wars Nightfall]]), one of the additions is the [[Dervish]] profession.
-{{disambig}}
+'''Dervish''' or '''darvish''' may also refer to:
-[[nl:Dervish]]
+{{tocright}}
+== Movements ==
+* [[Dervish movement (Somali)]], the polity of Diiriye Guure
+* Sudanese Dervish or [[Muhammad Ahmad|mahdists]]
+== Music ==
+* [[Dervish (band)]], an Irish folk band
+* [[Sufi whirling]], a type of dance
+** [[Whirling Dervishes]]
+== People ==
+* [[Dervish Ali Astrakhani]] (died 1558), Khan of the Astrakhan Khanate
+* [[Dervish Bejah]] (1862–1957), Australian camel driver
+* [[Dervish Cara]], Albanian revolutionary leader
+* [[Dervish Grady]], a character in the ''Demonata'' series by Darren Shan
+* [[Dervish Hima]] (1872–1928), Albanian politician
+* [[Kamal Derwish]] (1973–2002), American citizen killed by the CIA
+* [[Yu Darvish]] (born 1986), Japanese baseball player
+== Video games ==
+* An early name in development for [[Arbiter (Halo)|The Arbiter]] in the ''Halo'' video game series
+* A profession in ''[[Guild Wars Nightfall]]''
+* A type of cat in the ''[[Postal 2]]'', expansion ''Apocalypse Weekend''
+* A car in the racing game ''[[Death Rally]]''
+* A heavy fighter aircraft in ''[[PlanetSide 2]]''
+== Other uses ==
+* [[Dervish (rocket)]], an American air-launched rocket of the 1950s
+* [[Dervish Convoy]], the first of the Allied Arctic convoys of World War II
+== See also ==
+* [[Derviş]], a Turkish surname meaning Dervish
+* {{look from|dervish}}
+* {{look from|darvish}}
+* {{in title|dervish}}
+* {{in title|darvish}}
+* [[Darwish]]
+* [[Dervish Mehmed Pasha (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Dervish Pasha (disambiguation)]]
+{{disambiguation}}