Sufi Map / yasaviyya

Arslan Bāb

Traditional figure; historical dates unresolved

Arystan Bab · Arslān Bābā

Geographic connection

Arystan Bab Mausoleum

Talapty, Otyrar District, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan

Shrine or memorial association

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Regional reference · Rounded orientation point; not an entrance or tomb position

How to read the record

Evidence & tradition

The mausoleum and living pilgrimage tradition are well documented. Arslan Baba's role as Yasawi's first teacher belongs primarily to later hagiographical memory and cannot be reconstructed as a contemporary teacher record.

Textual connections

Works in the research record

No securely established independent corpus

Titles identify research connections. Full translations will appear only after their textual and publication review is complete.

Source trail

Research library

Yasawi hagiographical traditions; TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ‘Yeseviyye’; Wikimedia Commons documentation for the Arystan Bab Mausoleum.

Adapted from the Silk Road Sufi Atlas master catalogue. Shrine identification and traditional biography have separate evidence histories.