Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University (Қ.А. Ясауи атындағы Халықаралық қазақ-түрік университеті)

Founded 1991 (founded by Kazakh-Turkish intergovernmental agreement; named after KHOJA AHMED YASAWI 12th c Sufi master from Turkistan; LOCATION at KAZAKHSTAN'S SPIRITUAL CAPITAL near UNESCO World Heritage Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Mausoleum). EXTRAORDINARY HISTORICAL-SPIRITUAL UNIVERSITY in Turkistan — KAZAKHSTAN'S SPIRITUAL CAPITAL. Founded 1991 by Kazakh-Turkish intergovernmental agreement (one of FIRST joint Turkic-world universities post-USSR). NAMED AFTER KHOJA AHMED YASAWI (Khwaja Ahmad Yasawi, c. 1093-1166 CE) — 12th century Sufi master, FOUNDER OF THE YASAWIYYA SUFI ORDER, considered SECOND ONLY TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD ﷺ as spiritual master in Central Asia by Turkic Muslim tradition. CRITICAL PAKISTAN CONNECTION: The Yasawiyya order DEEPLY INFLUENCED SOUTH ASIAN SUFISM — Yasawi disciples spread Sufi Islam throughout Central Asia and into the Subcontinent; influence visible in Allama Iqbal's Central Asia poetry and reverence for Turkistan. The KHOJA AHMED YASAWI MAUSOLEUM in Turkistan (built 1389-1405 by Timur Lang / Tamerlane) is UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2003; considered the FIRST MASTERPIECE of Timurid architecture. ~13,000+ students. Trilingual instruction Kazakh-Turkish-English.

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