Biography of Baba RexhebArhivirano 7 September 2008 na Wayback Machine.: "[Enver Hoxha was] from the Gjirokastër area and [he] came from [a family] that [was] attached to the Bektashi tradition. In fact, fourteen years before Enver set off for France to study, his father brought him to seek the blessing of Baba Selim. The baba (dervish) was not one to refuse the request of a petitioner and he made a benediction over the boy."
Marku, Ylber (30. maj 2019). »Communist Relations in Crisis: The End of Soviet-Albanian Relations, and the Sino-Soviet Split, 1960–1961«. The International History Review. 42 (4): 813–832. doi:10.1080/07075332.2019.1620825. ISSN0707-5332. S2CID191900853.
NYtimes.com "Hoxha, who died in 1985, was one of the most verbose statesmen of modern times and pressed more than 50 volumes of opinions, diaries and dogma on his long-suffering people, the poorest in Europe."
Marku, Ylber (30. maj 2019). »Communist Relations in Crisis: The End of Soviet-Albanian Relations, and the Sino-Soviet Split, 1960–1961«. The International History Review. 42 (4): 813–832. doi:10.1080/07075332.2019.1620825. ISSN0707-5332. S2CID191900853.
Biography of Baba RexhebArhivirano 7 September 2008 na Wayback Machine.: "[Enver Hoxha was] from the Gjirokastër area and [he] came from [a family] that [was] attached to the Bektashi tradition. In fact, fourteen years before Enver set off for France to study, his father brought him to seek the blessing of Baba Selim. The baba (dervish) was not one to refuse the request of a petitioner and he made a benediction over the boy."
Marku, Ylber (30. maj 2019). »Communist Relations in Crisis: The End of Soviet-Albanian Relations, and the Sino-Soviet Split, 1960–1961«. The International History Review. 42 (4): 813–832. doi:10.1080/07075332.2019.1620825. ISSN0707-5332. S2CID191900853.
