Ahmed Yesevi: Life and Poems that quickly spread over the

that quickly spread over the Turkish-speaking areas

the Sunnah

in particular and the risalah (the message) in general

Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir simultaneously describes the workings of the path of excellence—ihsan—and answers the doubts of the orientalists

Isa Azizi al-Halabi al-Shadhili

Ahmed Yesevi: Life and Poems that quickly spread over theAHMED YESEVI: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Ahmed Yesevi, born in Sayram in 1093, and died in 1166 in Hazrat e Turkestan (both cities now in Kazakhstan), was a Turkish poet and Sufi or Dervish who exerted a powerful influence on the development of mystical orders throughout the Turkish speaking world Yesevi is the earliest known Turkish poet who composed poetry in an early Turkish dialect, Chagatai. He was a pioneer of popular