Ahmet Yesevi

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Islamic scholar Muslim saint Sufi mystic Sufi sheikh Turkic poet founder of Sufi order poet

Ahmet Yesevi was a 12th-century Turkic Sufi poet and mystic whose teachings and verse profoundly influenced early Turkish literature and Islamic culture in Central Asia and Anatolia.

Aliases (1)

Ahmed Yesevi ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic scholar → Muslim saint → Sufi mystic → Sufi sheikh → Turkic poet → founder of Sufi order → poet →
associatedWith	Yasawiyya order →
centuryActive	12th century →
culturalSignificance	key figure in Islamization of Turkic peoples → pioneer of Turkic Islamic literature →
ethnicity	Turkic →
founderOf	Yasawiyya order →
genre	didactic poetry → mystical poetry → religious poetry →
influenced	Islamic culture in Anatolia → Islamic culture in Central Asia → Sufism in Anatolia → Sufism in Central Asia → Turkic Sufi literature → Yasawiyya Sufi tradition → early Turkish literature →
languageOfWork	Chagatai → Old Turkic →
legacy	helped shape early Turkish religious poetry → inspired later Anatolian Sufis → venerated as a saint in Turkic Muslim communities →
movement	Sufism →
name	Ahmad Yasawi → Ahmed Yesevi → Ahmet Yesevi → Khoja Ahmed Yasawi →
notableWork	Divan-i Hikmet →
occupation	Sufi master → poet → teacher →
philosophy	asceticism → mysticism →
region	Anatolia → Central Asia → Turkestan →
religion	Islam → Sunni Islam →
taught	love of God → moral discipline → remembrance of God → spiritual poverty →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ahmet Yesevi → Ahmet Yesevi ("Ahmed Yesevi") →	name
Turkish literature →	notableAuthor