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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]