Diwan-i Hikmat (Book of Wisdom)

Author

Qoja Ahmet Iassaui

Language

türkcə (xaqani)

The wise sayings in verse composed in Turkic by Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in the 12th century — the first great Sufi work to bring Islam to the Turkic peoples in simple poetry. It influenced all Turkic Sufi poetry, from Yunus Emre to Magtymguly.

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