Divan-i Hikmet

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Divan-i Hikmet is a collection of mystical Sufi poems in Old Turkic attributed to the 12th-century poet and spiritual leader Ahmet Yesevi.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Turkic literary work
Sufi literature
mystical poetry
poetry collection
associatedPerson Ahmet Yesevi
linked to: Ahmad Yasawi
associatedRegion Central Asia
Turkic world
associatedWithOrder Yesevi Sufi order
attributedTo Ahmet Yesevi
linked to: Ahmad Yasawi
audience Sufi disciples
Turkic-speaking Muslims
author Ahmet Yesevi
linked to: Ahmad Yasawi
centuryOfOrigin 12th century
compositionPlace Turkestan
contains hikmets
culturalRole early monument of Turkic Islamic literature
foundation text of Yesevi tradition
form didactic verse
hymns
poetry
genre Sufi poetry
influenceOn Anatolian Sufi tradition
Kazakh religious poetry
Turkic Sufi literature
language Old Turkic
linked to: Old Turkic language
mainTheme Sufi ethics
asceticism
mystical love of God
remembrance of God
spiritual purification
meter syllabic verse
relatedWork Hikmetler of Ahmet Yesevi
religiousFunction devotional reading
didactic teaching tool
religiousTradition Islam
Sufism
script Arabic script
style oral-preaching tone
simple language
subjectMatter Sufi doctrine
moral instruction
path of the dervish
veneration of saints
termMeaning Divan-i Hikmet means "Collection of Wisdoms"
linked to: Divan-i Hikmet
transmission manuscript tradition
oral tradition

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Ahmet Yesevi notableWork Divan-i Hikmet
Divan-i Hikmet termMeaning Divan-i Hikmet means "Collection of Wisdoms"
linked to: Divan-i Hikmet
Ahmad Yasawi majorWork Divan-i Hikmet