Muṣṭafā Ḍarīr (seventh-century AH/fourteenth-century CE, born in Erzurum) was a Turkish-speaking scholar.
His epithet ḍarīr means 'blind' and he is believed to have been blind from birth.
[1] According to Fahi̇r İz, "Ḍarīr shows remarkable mastery of ʿarūḍ; his verse is fluent and he often reaches the heights of lyric poetry.
His pleasant and simple prose is one of the best specimens of early Turkish narrative style".
[1] Muṣṭafā Ḍarīr composed the following works:[1]