Döwletmämmet Azady ( fa, ''Doulatmammed Āzādi''; tk, Döwletmämmet Azady) was a Turkmen poet and

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

scholar. He is the father of poet

Magtymguly Pyragy Magtymguly Pyragy ( fa, ''Makhdumqoli Farāghi''; tk, Magtymguly Pyragy; ; tr, Mahtumkulu Firaki; , born Magtymguly, was a Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet, Sufi and traveller who is considered to be the most famous figure in ...

, the father of

Turkmen literature Turkmen literature ( tk, Türkmen edebiýaty) comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Old Oghuz languages, Oghuz Turkic and Turkmen languages. The Turkmen people, Turkmens are direct descendants of the Oghuz Turks, who were a western ...

Memory

The resting place of Azady and his son Magtymguly is located in Aktokai Cemetery, Golestan,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

and is a place of pilgrimage. Every year, this cemetery becomes a place of pilgrimage for thousands of people.

Institutions and organizations

The Turkmen National Institute of World Languages is named after Azady.

References

1690s births 1760 deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain Scholars of Sufism 18th-century Iranian poets Place of death missing Ethnic Turkmen poets {{Iran-poet-stub