Abstract:

Sayyid Yahyâ-yi Shirvani, who was one of the important sheikhs of the 15th century, is one of the most efficient characters in Azerbaijan and Anatolia. Sayyid Yahyâ had a crucial effect for the sect of Halvetî to become systematic and to maintain its function until today. Pseudonym dominates in the works of Sayyid Yahyâ, who creates many works related to Sufism. Yahyâ-yi Shirvani, who became famous as a Sufi poet, mentioned educational and didactic subjects in his poems. The life, the sect, the works of Sayyid Yahyâ-yi Shirvani, who was intellectual, wise man and poet, were introduced and the criticism and translation of his work called Kıssâ-i Mansûr  were presented in this article.

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