Imadeddin Nasimi

Imadeddin Nasimi (1369-1417) was born in Shamakhy, Azerbaijan. He was a poet who adopted hurufizm, a movement headed by Nasimi's teacher Fazlullah Naimi or Fadlallah.

In 1417, in Aleppo, Syria, he was seized and skinned alive for his poetry, which was considered blasphemous.