What is Nasreddin?
{{Infobox religious biography |religion=[[Islam]] |native_name=Nasreddin Hoca |native_name_lang=Turkish |image=Nasreddin (17th-century miniature).jpg |caption=A 17th-century miniature of Nasiruddin, from the collection of the [[Topkapı Palace]] Museum |birth_date=1208 |death_date=1285 |birth_place=[[Sivrihisar]], [[Province]] of [[Eskişehir]], [[Sultanate of Rum]]<br/>now {{flag|Turkey}} |death_place=[[Konya]], [[Sultanate of Rum]] }} '''Nasreddin''' ({{IPAc-en|n|æ|s|ˈ|r|ɛ|d|ᵻ|n}}<ref>{{lang-tr|Nasreddin Hoca}}, {{lang-ota|نصر الدين خواجه}}, ''{{lang|ota-Latn|Nasreddīn Hodja}}'', {{lang-fa|خواجه نصرالدین}}, {{lang-ps|ملا نصرالدین}}, {{lang-ar|نصرالدین جحا}} / : ''{{transliteration|ar|ALA-LC|Naṣraddīn Juḥā}}'', {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ملا نصر الدین}}}} / {{lang-bs|Nasrudin Hodža}}, {{lang-sq|Nastradin Hoxha, Nastradini}}, {{lang-ro|Nastratin Hogea}}</ref>) or '''Nasreddin Hodja''' or '''Mulla Nasruddin''' (1208–1284) is a person in the [[folklore]] of the [[Islamic world]]. According to many sources, he was born in 1208 in the city of [[Sivrihisar]], [[Province]] of [[Eskişehir]], [[Turkey]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1uCaELAsv3MC&q=%22Legend+says%22&pg=PA92|title=New Perspectives on Safavid Iran: Empire and Society|last=Mitchell|first=Colin P.|date=3 March 2011|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-136-99194-3|language=en|access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> and died in 1275 or 1284 [[Common Era|CE]] in [[Konya]] under the [[Sultanate of Rum|Seljuq rule]]. He is seen as a hero of [[satirical]] [[Anecdote|short interesting stories]] and [[funny]] [[Short story|small stories]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hunziker |first1=Sara |editor1-last=Ramona |editor1-first=Mihaila |title=Myth, Symbol, and Ritual: Elucidatory Paths to the Fantastic Unreality |date=2019 |publisher=University of Bucharest |isbn=978-6-061-61037-2 |pages=357–361}}</ref> He is known for his stories as a [[wise]] man with humour. Nasreddin studied from a school in Sivrihisar and after his [[Secondary education|basic education]], h