Ahmad Yasavi (English spelling)

Japanese: Aḥmad Yasavī(英語表記)AhmadYasavi
Ahmad Yasavi (English spelling)

...An Islamic mystical sect (tariqa) ​​based in Yas (now Turkestan) in Central Asia. Founded by Aḥmad Yasavī (?-1166∥67), a Turk born in Sayram, Central Asia in the late 11th century, it gained many followers among the nomadic Turks of Central Asia and the Volga coast, and Ahmad's mausoleum in the town of Yas is famous among the Turks as a holy place. Ahmad and his successors (who bear the pseudonym Ata) tried to spread their mystical ideas among the people in the form of poetry and songs in Turkish slang, and as a result, they established a new literary genre called mystical Turkish folk literature. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Aḥmad Yasavī" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…中央アジアのヤス(現,トゥルケスタン市)を本拠としたイスラム神秘主義教団(タリーカ)。11世紀後半に中央アジアのサイラムに生まれたトルコ人アフマド・ヤサウィーAḥmad Yasavī(?‐1166∥67)を創設者として,中央アジアおよびボルガ沿岸の遊牧トルコ人の間に多くの信徒を獲得し,ヤスの町にあるアフマドの霊廟はトルコ人たちの間で聖地として名高い。アフマドとその後継者たち(アタの号をもつ)は,その神秘思想をトルコ語の俗語を用いた詩・歌謡の形で人々の間に広めることに努めた結果,彼らによって神秘主義的トルコ民俗文学と呼ばれる一つの新しい文学ジャンルが確立された。…

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