Erzurumlu Emrah

Erzurumlu Emrah (1775, Güzelyurt, Erzurum – 1854, Niksar, Tokat) was a Turkish[1] Turkish folk poet.

Life

He took a madrasah education in Erzurum. He was interested in mysticism and adhered to the Halidi branch of Nakşibendi, lived in Sivas and Kastamonu for a long time. Important figures of poetic literature of the time were Karacaoğlan, Atik Ömer, Erzurumlu Emrah and Kayserili Aşık Seyrani. Erzurumlu Emrah is believed to have died in 1854 in Niksar. His poems of the aruz were published by Erzurumlu Abdulaziz under the title Divan.[2]

See also

References
  1. Erzurumlu Emrah Literature Museum Library, Nesim İbrahimhakkıoğlu (Turkish Librarians)
  2. Erzurumlu Emrah : XIXncu asır sazşairlerinden, Bilkent University Library
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