Ahmad Yasawi
Poet
Ahmad Yasawi was a Turkic poet and Sufi, an early mystic who exerted a powerful influence on the development of Sufi orders throughout the Turkic-speaking world. Yasawi is the earliest known Turkic poet who composed poetry in Middle Turkic. Wikipedia
Born: 1093, Sayram, Kazakhstan
Died: 1166 (age 73 years), Turkistan, Kazakhstan
Place of burial: Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Turkistan, Kazakhstan
Children: Gevher Şehnaz, Gevher Hoşnaz, and İbrahim
Influenced by: Muhammad, Ali, Yusuf Hamadani, and more
Parents: Shaikh Ibrahim
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