Poet (b. ?, İstanbul - d. 1699). He served as a calligrapher and clerk at the treasury
of Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmet. He entered the Mevlevi Dervish order under the
influence of Gavsi Dede. He was considered as being among the outstanding poets
and calligraphers of his time. In his poems he featured religious themes and
like man of the world sayings.
WORKS:
Divan* (Arabic, Persian, Turkish), Münazara-i Gül ü Bülbül/mensur risale (The
Debate of the Rose and the Nightingale, prose essay), Münazara-i Şeb ü Rûz (The
Debate of the Day and the Night),
Hüsrev ü Şirin (Hüsrev and Şirin),
Mahmud-u Ayaz (Mahmud from Ayaz), Behiştâbâd (Eternal Heaven),
Tönbekünâme (Book of Tobacco), Fasih Dede Mecmuası (Persian and
Turkish poems, fables, epic stories, histories, treatises, translations, etc.).
