Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, also known as Sayyid Abu Bakr al-Adani ibn Abd Allah al-Aydarus, who lived from 1447 to 1508, was a Hadhrami religious scholar of Sufism and a poet who wrote in vernacular style. He spent most of his adult life in Aden, where he was well respected for his contributions to the well-being of the city's residents, and after his death in 1508 he was mourned by the city and later venerated as its wali, or patron saint.
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Abu Bakr al-Aydarus was a Hadhrami religious scholar of Sufism and a poet who wrote in vernacular style. Abu Bakr spent most of his adult life in Aden.
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(Arabic: أبو بكر العدني بن عبد الله العيدروس; 1447-1508)
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