Dervish (disambiguation)

Dervish (sometimes spelled darvish) may refer to:

• Dervish, a Sufi Muslim ascetic worshipper in a fraternity
• Dervish State, a 20th-century Somali Sunni Muslim state
• A nickname for the Sudanese mahdists
• The first of the Allied Arctic convoys of World War II carrying supplies for the USSR

Music

• Darvish (music), a form of Persian traditional music often featuring instruments such as the Tar, Setar, Ud, Tombak, Daf, Kamancheh, and Santoor
• Dervish (dance), a type of dance
• Dervish (band), an Irish folk band

Gaming

• A class in the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons (found in The Complete Warrior book)
• An early name in development for 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

People

• Dervish Bejah (1862-1957), Australian camel driver
• Dervish Grady, a character in the Demonata series by Darren Shan.

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with dervish
• All pages with titles beginning with darvish
• All pages with titles containing dervish
• All pages with titles containing darvish
• Darwish