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

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

scholar. He is the father of poet

Magtymguly Pyragy Magtymguly Pyragy ( ''Makhdumqoli Farāghi''; , ; , born Magtymguly, was an Iranian-Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet, Sufism, Sufi and traveller, who is considered the most famous figure in Turkmen literary history. Magtymguly is ...

, the "father of Turkmen literature".

Memory

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

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

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