Yunus Emre

Died in 1320

Yunus Emre is said to have been born around 1240 and to have died in 1320, according to an archival document published in the middle of the last century, which the Diyanet says provides the most widely followed version; Britannica gives 1238. Tradition has him born in Sarıköy, near Sivrihisar, other sources in the Bolu region. One legend makes him a poor peasant who came to ask for wheat, then the disciple of Tapduk Emre, whom he is said to have served for many years; Britannica speaks of forty years. Several towns claim his tomb, and UNESCO made 1991 the year of Yunus Emre.

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PoetryDîvânYunus Emre · 1300not translated into EnglishLiterature