Mämmetweli Kemine (c. 1770 – c. 1840) is widely known as a Turkmen satirical

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whose works have become a key part of Turkmen literature. Born in Sarahs, he studied at the

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ic medrassah in

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. Some forty of his poems survive. Many are critical of the clergy and landowners. His pious works, among them a long poem in praise of Fāțima (daughter of Prophet Muḥammad), although appreciated in local religious circles until today, have been suppressed in Soviet times and are still widely ignored as part of the Turkmen and Uzbek cultural heritage.Sigrid Kleinmichel. Ḫalpa in Choresm (Ḫwārazm) und ātin āyi im Ferghanatal. Zur Geschichte des Lesens in Usbekistan im 20. Jahrhundert. Berlin 2001: 234.

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