Seyyid Nesimi

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Seyyid Nesimi was a 14th–15th century Azerbaijani-Turkic mystic poet renowned for his influential, often heretical-sounding Sufi and Hurufi-themed verse that left a lasting mark on Ottoman Divan literature.

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Seyyid Nesimi canonical 2

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instanceOf Azerbaijani poet
Hurufi poet
Ottoman-era poet
Sufi poet
mystic
person
poet
affiliation Hurufi order
alternativeName Imadaddin Nasimi
Imadaddin Nesimi
linked to: Imadaddin Nasimi

Nasimi
birthDate c. 1369
birthPlace Shamakhi
Shirvan
present-day Azerbaijan
causeOfDeath execution
countryOfCitizenship Shirvan
deathDate c. 1417
deathPlace Aleppo
Mamluk Sultanate
era 14th century
15th century
ethnicGroup Azerbaijani
linked to: Azerbaijanis
genre Hurufi poetry
Sufi poetry
ghazal
mystic poetry
qasida
givenName İmadeddin
hasOccupation mystic
poet
theologian
influenced Azerbaijani literature
Ottoman Divan poetry
Turkish Sufi poetry
influencedBy Fazlallah Astarabadi
knownFor Hurufi-themed verse
Sufi mystical poetry
heretical-sounding religious themes
languageOfWorkOrName Azerbaijani
Old Anatolian Turkish
Persian
mannerOfDeath death by flaying
movement Hurufism
Sufism
name Seyyid Nesimi
notableIdea Hurufi interpretation of letters and the human face
divinization of the human being
notableWork Persian divan
Turkic divan
placeOfBurial Aleppo
region Anatolia
Azerbaijan
religion Islam
Sufism
studentOf Fazlallah Astarabadi
style Divan poetry
linked to: Divan poets

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Seyyid Nesimi name Seyyid Nesimi