abstract:An Ashik (, , , , ashugh, , English: ashughi, ) is a mystic troubadour or travelling bard, in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, and Iran、 who sings and plays the saz, a form of lute. Ashiks' songs are semi-improvised around common bases.
Woolwich Crown Court was told Salma Kabal, 23, and from Birmingham, was not involved in her husband Ashik Ali's plot and believed he was only planning attacks abroad.
Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid, 27, and Ashik Ali, 27, were convicted of being "central figures" in the plan which was foiled after months of surveillance work by police.