Niyazi Misri
Niyazi Misri (* 1617 or 1618 ; † 1694 in exile on the Greek island of Limnos ) was an Islamic mystic and one of the most famous sheikhs of the Halveti - Tariqa (Halveti Dervish Order).
He is the author of some mystical poems, and he is also known through comments on earlier Turkish mystical verses, for example by Yunus Emre († 1321), whose works are still cultivated in Turkey today.
Because Niyazi Misri's verses were misunderstood by orthodox scholars, he was banished several times to the island of Limnos on the orders of the Sultan . He spent the last days of his life tied up in a dungeon. Because he did not have the opportunity to keep himself clean, he finally died there in his cell, completely neglected.
According to tradition, the orthodox dead scrubber cried at the sight of his body: "Look at yourself only, you yourself called a saint, but as you can be with your death just so dirty!" . The dead Niyazi Misri then sat up and said, "We couldn't find time to clean our outside while we were cleaning the inside." The death washer reportedly passed out.
Misri is considered to be one of the main representatives of the Sufi school of wahdat al-wucud. His collection of 199 poems is widely received as a didactic work in Turkey to this day.
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| SURNAME | Misri, Niyazi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | islamic mystic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1617 or 1618 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1694 |
| Place of death | Limnos |