Dervish (disambiguation)

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The term dervish, sometimes spelt darvish can refer to a number of concepts, some of which include the following:

• Dervishes, Sufi Muslim ascetic worshipper in a fraternity
• a nick-name for the Sudanese mahdists
• Darvish (music), a form of traditional Persian music often featuring instruments such as the Tar, Setar, Ud, Tombak, Daf, Kamancheh and Santoor. example link
• Dervish (dance), a type of dance
• Yu Darvish, a Japanese-Iranian Baseball player.
• 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 The Arbiter.
• In Guild Wars Nightfall, one of the additions is the Dervish profession.