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Pir Sultan Abdal

1480 - 1550

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Pir Sultan Abdal (born Haydar) 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. During the Ottoman–Persian Wars, he supported religious heterodoxy and the political subversion of Anatolia, and suffered execution by hanging as a consequence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pir Sultan Abdal is the 2,040th most popular writer (down from 1,959th in 2019), the 687th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 668th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among writers, Pir Sultan Abdal ranks 2,040 out of 7,302. Before him are Jane Jacobs, Anne Perry, Verrius Flaccus, Guido Gezelle, Hamdallah Mustawfi, and Emma Jung. After him are Reşat Nuri Güntekin, John Moschus, Hadewijch, Michael Choniates, George MacDonald, and Eduard Uspensky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Pir Sultan Abdal ranks 26. Before him are Jean Clouet, Stańczyk, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Charlotte of Albret, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, and António de Abreu. After him are Matrakçı Nasuh, Pedro Damiano, Girolamo Aleandro, Herri met de Bles, Antonio de Guevara, and Girolamo Savoldo. Among people deceased in 1550, Pir Sultan Abdal ranks 11. Before him are Andrea Alciato, Claude, Duke of Guise, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Sebald Beham, Tabinshwehti, and Françoise d'Alençon. After him are Gian Giorgio Trissino, Jón Arason, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Isabel Moctezuma, John Major, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Pir Sultan Abdal ranks 687 out of 1,347. Before him are Alexios IV of Trebizond (1382), Tuncel Kurtiz (1936), Andronikos II of Trebizond (1240), Doukas (1400), Michael the Syrian (1126), and Benjamin I of Constantinople (1871). After him are Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889), Artabazos I of Phrygia (-600), Michael Choniates (1140), Saint Mercurius (224), Eunomius of Cyzicus (335), and Haluk Bilginer (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Pir Sultan Abdal ranks 56. Before him are Petros Markaris (1937), Namık Kemal (1840), Nicander (-250), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), Methodius of Olympus (260), and Bion of Smyrna (-300). After him are Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889), Michael Choniates (1140), Cleitarchus (-400), Kâtip Çelebi (1609), Adnan Oktar (1956), and Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929).

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