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This page should be at Khoja Ahmad Yasavi or Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi. Devin DeWeese is the leading expert on the Yasaviyya, and he uses both spellings. See: "The Politics of Sacred Lineages in 19th-century Central Asia: Descent groups linked to Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi in Shrine Documents and Genealogical Charters" International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies Vol.31 (1999) pp507-530 & his Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde (Pennysylvania State University Press) 1994.
