Pir Sultan Abdal
Illustration — Pir Sultan Abdal Crucial figures Pir Sultan Abdal was a prominent Turkish poet and an important religious figure in Alevism of Turkmen origin, who is thought to have been born in the village of Banaz in present-day Sivas Province, Turkey. He is considered legendary among his followers. His life is reconstructed from folkloric sources, especially religious poems which are believed to have been composed by himself and transmitted by ashiks.
Pir Sultan Abdal
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- Born
- 1480 · Sivas.
- Died
- 1550 · Sivas.
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- writer · poet · singer
- Languages
- Ottoman Turkish
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Illustration — Pir Sultan Abdal Crucial figures Pir Sultan Abdal was a prominent Turkish poet and an important religious figure in Alevism of Turkmen origin, who is thought to have been born in the village of Banaz in present-day Sivas Province, Turkey. He is considered legendary among his followers. His life is reconstructed from folkloric sources, especially religious poems which are believed to have been composed by himself and transmitted by ashiks.
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Biography
Born at Sivas in 1480, died in Sivas in 1550.
The recorded working language is Ottoman Turkish.
Pir Sultan Abdal 'ın yaşadığı Banaz köyü Yıldızeli, Sivas ve Pir Sultan evi-türbesi.
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Pir Sultan Abdal 'ın yaşadığı Banaz köyü Yıldızeli, Sivas ve Pir Sultan evi-türbesi.
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1480
Pir Sultan Abdal was born on 1 January 1480.
1550
Pir Sultan Abdal died on 1 January 1550.
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