Poet (b. 1627, İstanbul - d. 1648,
Ilgın / Konya). His real name was Mustafa. In order to be distinguished from
the poet, Fehim, he is known as Fehim-i Kadim and Uncuzade (Son of the Flour
Merchant) due to his father's job in Egypt. He went to Egypt as a civil servant
with Eyüp Paşa who was appointed as Governor of the Province of Egypt. He went
to Jerusalem, Mecca and Medina. When he fell from the Paşa’s favor, he lived in
poverty. He asked to return to İstanbul with the help of the Janissary Officer
Nevali Mehmed Bey but when he was near Ilgın, he died from a sickness.
He became
well known amongst contemporary poets with his choice of words and the lyric
beauty of his narration. Besides his little Divan* which contains his poems, he
wrote a Mesnevi* called Şehrengiz (City Book). Leskofçalı Galip, Hersekli Arif
Hikmet, Yenişehirli Avni and Namık Kemal all wrote poems imitating his style.
The Divan* of Fehim was published by S. Nüzhet Ergun in 1934.
