Newly translated into English, this influential book examines literary and religious history in late medieval Anatolia. Invaluable to those interested in early Turkish literature, Sufism, Anatolian and Middle Eastern history in the late Middle Ages.

Gary Leiser is the Director of the Travis Air Museum at Travis AFB, California. He received a doctorate in Middle Eastern history from the university of Pennsylvania in 1976. He has been engaged in a long term project of translating into English the major historical works of M.F. Koprulu.

Robert Dankoff is Professor of Turkish and Islamic Studies at the University of Chicago. His most publications include Mahmud al-Kashgari, Compendium of the Turkic Dialects (Diwan Lugat at-Turk), edited and translated with introduction and indices by Robert Dankoff, in collaboration with James Kelly. Cambridge, Mass. and Yusuf Khass Hajib, Wisdom of Royal Glory (Kutadgu Bilig): A Turko-Islamic Mirror for Princes, translated, with an introduction and notes, by Robert Dankoff. University of Chicago Press, 1983.

Part 1: Admad Yasawi and His Influence on Turkish Literature 1. Turkish Literature before Admad Yasawi 2. The Legendary Life of Admad Yasawi 3. The Historical Life of Admad Yasawi 4. The Khalifas and Baroqa of Admad Yasawi 5. The Work of Admad Yasawi 6. Admad Yasawi's Literary Influence Part 2: Yunus Emre and His Influence on Turkish Literature 7. Turkish Literature in Anatolia before Yunus Emre 8. The Life of Yunus Emre 9. The Work of Yunus Emre 10. Yunus Emre's Influence on Turkish Literature and his Imitators