Muhyî-i Gülşenî
Turkish dervish
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Muhyi-i Gülşeni (1528–1604) was a Turkish dervish of the Gülşeni tariqa (Sufi order) most famously noted for inventing the first known non-European constructed language, Balaibalan (Turkish Bâleybelen)
Born in Edirne to a family originally from Shiraz. A member of the Gülşenî tariqa in Cairo, Muhyi-i Gülşeni was helped in the creation of Balaibalan by several other Gülşenî figures.
He died in Cairo.