Origins
Pir Sultan Abdal's ethnic origin is Turkish, his poetry was in the Turkish language and he originated from Sivas, which is mostly populated by ethnic Turks. Although Some researchers believe "Pir Sultan" wasn't just the one in Sivas, who has rebelled against the state and hanged for his religious convictions by Hızır Paşa's orders. Most of the information about him and his era we find in his verses, which reveal him as cultivated well educated and intellectual. Pir Sultan Abdal, was an Alevi, his early work is dedicated to lyrical and pastoral themes and to the gnostic approach he had adopted. He criticized some Ottoman governors, Hizir Pasha in particular who ruled the region and his unjust officers.
His verses and calls for the rights and freedoms of the peasant folk soon attracted a lot of support among the masses who supported these ideals. As a result he was hung by Hizir Pasha.
But the tradition of his poetry and his struggle have remained alive till this day. His poetry was sung accompanied by the baglama, or saz, throughout the ages by folk singers. Today in modern Turkey the Baglama is one of the most loved instruments of the people and is extremely popular and widely used.
Many poets acquired his name to keep 'Pir Sultan's voice' alive. According to literary historians, there were at least six other poets bearing the same name.
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Shia Islam |
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Allah · Haqq-Muhammad-Ali · Quran |
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| The Twelve Imams | |
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Ali · Hasan · Husayn |
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| Practices | |
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Fasting · Sama · Music |
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| Leadership | |
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Dedes · Murshid · Pir · Rehber |
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| Crucial figures and influences | |
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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid · Fatimah |
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| Related Muslim Tariqah | |
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Malāmat'īyyah · Qalāndār'īyyah |
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| Alevi history | |
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Umayyads · Abu Muslim al-Khorasani |
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| Other influential groups | |
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Ismā'īlīya · Alavī Bohra · Nizārī Ismā'īlī |
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| SAFAVID INFLUENCES IN IRAN | |
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Safavid Conversion of Iran from |
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| Shi'a states in Persia before Safavids | |
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Justanids · Alavids · Buyids |
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| Shi'a states in Persia after Safavids | |
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Afsharids · Shakis · Ganja |
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