Gül Baba

Gül Baba
Statue of Gül Baba in front of his türbe (mausoleum) in Budapest District II
Born
Merzifon (Turkey) 
Died1541
Buda (Hungary) 

Gül Baba (died 1541), also known as Jafer, was an Ottoman Bektashi dervish poet and companion of Sultan Suleiman I (r. 1520–1566) who took part in a number of campaigns in Europe from the reign of Mehmed II onwards.

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