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Pir Sultan Abdal

(pen name of Haydar). Years of birth and death unknown. Turkish 16th-century poet; representative of ashik (ashug) poetry.

Pir Sultan Abdal was from the village of Banaz in the vilayet of Sivas. He was the leader of the antifeudal uprising of the Kizilbash, which flared up at that time in various regions of Anatolia. He was seized, jailed, and hanged in Sivas. With sword and song, Pir Sultan Abdal had opposed social oppression and tyranny and had striven for equality and justice. His poetry is a chronicle of the national movement and peasant revolts. He became a symbol of the struggle for the people’s freedom and independence, and his name is associated with many legends and songs of lament. A play about Pir Sultan Abdal by E. Toy is performed on the Turkish stage.

WORKS

Bütün şiirleri. Istanbul, 1971.

REFERENCES

Borolina, I. V. “Turetskaia literatura.” In Literatura Vostoka v srednie veka, part 2. Moscow, 1970.
Gölpinarh, A., and P. N. Boratav. Pir Sultan Abdal. Ankara, 1943.
Kudret Cevdet. Pir Sultan Abdal. Istanbul, 1965.

KH. A. CHOREKCHIAN

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Haci Bektash (13th century), Balim Sultan (15th century), and Pir Sultan Abdal (16th century) are considered legendary figures that have given Alevism its present shape by combining diverse elements from Islam, mysticism, shamanism, and Christianity.

Religious courts alongside secular state courts: the case of the ... by van Rossum, Wibo M. / Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal

In May 2006 authorities in the Sultanbeyli municipality of Istanbul reportedly banned the construction of a cem house on the grounds that the Pir Sultan Abdal Association, an Alevi group, had not acquired the necessary construction permits.

Turkey by International Religious Freedom Report

A soul where Shamanism and Islam converged to create Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, Yunus Emre, Haci Bektas Veli, Pir Sultan Abdal and many other Sufis?

Turkey asks, 'why not?' As Turkey, straddling Europe and Asia, seeks ... by Leblebici, Cigdem / For A Change