Ahmad Yasawi
Kara-Khanid poet and Sufi (1093–1166) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ahmad Yasawi (Kazakh: Қожа Ахмет Ясауи, romanized: Qoja Ahmet Iasaui, قوجا احمەت ياساۋٸ; Persian: خواجه اَحمدِ یَسوی, romanized: Khwāje Ahmad-e Yasavī; 1093–1166) was a Turkic[1][2] poet and Sufi, an early mystic who exerted a powerful influence on the development of Sufi orders throughout the Turkic-speaking world.[3] Yasawi is the earliest known Turkic poet who composed poetry in Middle Turkic.[4][5] He was a pioneer of popular mysticism, founded the first Turkic Sufi order, the Yasawiyya or Yeseviye, which very quickly spread over Turkic-speaking areas.[6] He was a Hanafi scholar like his murshid (spiritual guide), Yusuf Hamadani.[7]
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Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Ilyas Yasawi | |
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قوجا احمەت ياساۋٸ | |
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Born | 1093 CE |
Died | 1166 CE (aged 72–73) Turkistan, Kara-Khanid Khanate |
Religion | Sunni Islam (Hanafi) |
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Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Notable work(s) | Book of Wisdom |
Known for | Poetry, Sufism, Diwan in Middle Turkic |
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Period in office | 12th century |
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