Kul Nesîmî, or simply Nesîmî, real name Ali
was an
Ottoman Alevi
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Bektashi
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poet, who lived in the 17th century in Anatolia.
Very little is known about this poet except that certain political events found an expression in his poetry, such as
Ottoman conquest of
Baghdad
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in 1640. He wrote in the same tradition as such earlier poets as
Nasimi, with whom he is frequently confused, as well as in the tradition of
Khatai
Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling as its King of Kings ('' Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His reign is often ...
and
Pir Sultan Abdal.
References
Poetry by Kul Nesîmî
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Turkish Alevis
17th-century poets from the Ottoman Empire
Turkish-language poets
Turkish-language singers
17th-century births
Year of death unknown
Turkish Muslims
Ottoman Sufis
Turkish Sufis
Bektashi Order
Male poets from the Ottoman Empire
17th-century male writers