Khoja Ahmet Yassawi 930 years

old Khoja Ahmed Yassawi is a Muslim poet, an outstanding Alim and a righteous man. He left behind numerous spiritual works that have entered the culture of various nations of Central Asia. He devoted all the years of his life to giving the nomads spiritual wisdom and culture. Khoja Ahmet Yassawi was born in the area of the city of Otrar, the ancient city of Isfijab (Sayram), in 1093 or in 1094. The formation of Akhmet 's personality is connected with G. Yasi (one of the former names of Turkestan, His teacher was Arystan-baba (or Bab Arystan) - a famous preacher of Islam..
In the Turkic world, Khoja Ahmed became the main propagator of Islam. And thanks to him, the city of Yasi Turkestan became the spiritual center of all Turks. But Ahmed Yasawi was not only a religious figure. His philosophical and poetic creativity enjoyed no less popularity and honor. His poems, sofas, rizal were memorized by illiterate nomads and passed down from generation to generation. And his philosophical heritage is considered the pearl of human thought, which has not lost its relevance until now. Ahmed Yassawi devoted his whole life, all his strength to uniting kindred peoples, creating spiritual unity against the background of numerous religious movements. After 63 years, he lived in a dungeon for the rest of his life. Ego Yassawi explained in this way: "I have reached the age of the prophet, sixty-three years, this is enough for me, there is no need to live beyond the time allotted by the prophet." It was in this cell that Ahmed Yassawi spent the rest of his life, where he wrote his works that have come down to our days in the form of copies of the XIII-XV century. In 1166/67 Khoja Ahmed Yassawi died and as a great saint was buried in the city of Yassy in a mausoleum built for him, which later turned into a place of mass pilgrimage and worship of Muslims.