Kadi Burhan al-Din
Kadi Burhan al-Din was born on January 8, 1345. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Kadi Burhan al-Din
Kadi Ahmad Burhan al-Din (8 January 1345, Kayseri – c. 1398, Sivas) was a Turcoman poet, scholar, and statesman. He was vizier to the Eretnid rulers of Anatolia. In 1381, he took over Eretnid lands and claimed the title of sultan for himself. He is most often referred to by the title Qadi, a title for Islamic judges, which was his first occupation. To maintain the independence of his principality, he fought against the Ottomans, Mamluks, Karamanids, and Aq Qoyunlu for 18 years. He composed poetry in a Turkic language close to modern Azerbaijani Turkic. In addition to his poems in Turkic, he…