[1] After the murder-suicide of Abaz Hilmi in March 1948, Ahmet Myftar was appointed Dedebaba of the Bektashi Order on 8 June 1948 by the Communist regime, essentially serving as a puppet for the government.

In 1958, he was no longer allowed to serve as Dedebaba as the Communist government continued to remove religion from public Albanian life.

Finally, the Bektashi Order was completely banned in 1967 under the dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, forcing the retirement of Ahmet Myftar from public life.

He spent his final years in Kruja and Tirana under constant surveillance from the Sigurimi (the Albanian secret police), and died in 1980.

[1] His remains are currently buried in a tyrbe (mausoleum or holy grave) at the World Headquarters of the Bektashi (Albanian: Kryegjyshata) in Tirana, Albania.