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A Sufi poet and sheikh who lived in Kırşehir in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, also versed in logic, mathematics, jurisprudence and Quranic exegesis. His chief work is the Turkish Mantıku't-tayr (Gülşennâme), composed in 717 (1317) after Farid al-Din Attar; tradition holds that Sultan Veled sent him to Kırşehir to found a Mevlevi lodge. His tomb stands in central Kırşehir within the Ahmedî Gülşehrî Park that bears his name. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Gülşehrî' entry; Republic of Turkey Culture Portal / Kırşehir Provincial Directorate)
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- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · vol. 14, pp. 250-252, entry “Gülşehrî”
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