It is located on Dhimitër Kamarda Street at the eastern edge of Tirana, the capital of Albania.

[2] On 21 September 2024, it was reported that Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama was planning to create the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order, a sovereign microstate for the Order with the Bektashi Headquarters serving as the nation's only territory.

[3] Before the secularization of Turkey in 1925, the Haji Bektash Veli Complex in Hacıbektaş, Turkey was home to the pir evi (Turkish for "pir's house") of Haji Bektash Veli, which served as the international headquarters of the Bektashi Order.

[4] The headquarters were closed in 1967, when Albanian Communist dictator Enver Hoxha shut down all religious organizations.

[6] The tyrbes (holy tombs) of several dedebabas, including Kamber Ali, Abaz Hilmi, and Ahmet Myftar, are buried at the Kryegjyshata.