page_title: Magtymguly Pyragy
hierarchical_section_title: Magtymguly Pyragy
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Марка СССР
context_page_description: Magtymguly Pyragy was a Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet, and sufi. He is considered as the father of the Turkmen literature and regarded as the most famous figure in the Turkmen literary history.
  In a wider scope, Magtymguly is often placed alongside such giants of the Turkic literary world as Hoja Ahmad Yasawi, Yunus Emre, Ali-Shir Nava'i and Fizuli.
context_section_description: Magtymguly Pyragy (Persian: مختوم‌قلی فراغی Makhtumqoli Faraghi; Turkmen: Magtymguly Pyragy; Turkish: Mahtumkulu Firaki; c. 1724-1733 – c. 1807) was a Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet, and sufi. He is considered as the father of the Turkmen literature and regarded as the most famous figure in the Turkmen literary history. 
  In a wider scope, Magtymguly is often placed alongside such giants of the Turkic literary world as Hoja Ahmad Yasawi, Yunus Emre, Ali-Shir Nava'i and Fizuli.
caption: A Soviet Union stamp with an artistic depiction of Magtymguly Pyragy, 1959
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