Gül Baba
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See also: Gül Baba (operetta)
Gül Baba (died 1541), also known as Jafer, was an Ottoman Bektashi dervish poet and companion of Sultan Suleiman I (r. 1520–1566) who took part in a number of campaigns in Europe from the reign of Mehmed II onwards.
This article is about the sixteenth-century Ottoman poet. For other uses, see Gül Baba (disambiguation).
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Statue of Gül Baba in front of his türbe (mausoleum) in Budapest District II | |
Born | Merzifon (Turkey) ![]() |
Died | 1541 Buda (Hungary) ![]() |
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