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A 17t century miniatur o Nasreddin in the Topkapı Palace Museum Leebrar.

Nasreddin or Nasreddin Hodja[1] wis a Seljuq satirical Sufi, born in Hortu Veelage in Sivrihisar, Eskişehir Province, present-day Turkey an dee'd in 13t century in Akşehir, near Konya, a caipital o the Seljuk Sultanate o Rum, in the day's Turkey.[2] He is conseedert a populist filosofer an wise man, remembered for his funny stories an anecdotes.[3][4] He appears in thoosands o stories, whiles witty, whiles wise, but eften, too, a fuil or the butt o a joke. A Nasreddin story uisually haes a subtle humour an a pedagogic naitur.[5] The Internaitional Nasreddin Hodja fest is celebratit btween 5 an 10 Julie in his hametoun every year.[6]

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  1. Turkis: Nasreddin Hoca, Ottoman Turkish: نصر الدين خواجه‎, Nasreddīn Hodja, Persie: خواجه نصرالدین‎, Pashto: ملا نصرالدین‎, Arabic: نصرالدین جحا‎ / ALA-LC: Naṣraddīn Juḥā, Urdu: ملا نصر الدین‎ / ALA-LC: Mullā Naṣru l-dīn, Uzbek: Nosiriddin Xo'ja, Bosnie: Nasrudin Hodža, Albanie: Nastradin Hoxha, Nastradini, Romanie: Nastratin Hogea
  2. "Nasreddin Hodja". www.pitt.edu. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. The outrageous Wisdom of Nasruddin, Mullah Nasruddin; accessed 19 February 2007.
  4. "Nasreddin Hoca". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 28 December 2006.
  5. Javadi, Hasan. "MOLLA NASREDDIN i. THE PERSON". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Archived frae the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. "Akşehir Belediyesi - Nasreddin Hoca Şenliği". aksehir.bel.tr. Archived frae the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 16 Apryle 2017.