Poet and writer (b. 1453,
Aydıncık / İçel - d. ?). He was the son of Hacı Genek Bey who had proved
himself worthy during the conquest of İstanbul. He is also known as “Firdevsi
the Tall”. He was educated in Bursa. It is rumored that he went to Iran after
he wrote a satirical poem about Sultan Bayezid, who had him write Süleymanname
(Book of Süleyman) and then burnt 80 volumes of it (originally 360 volumes).
Firdevs-i Rumi, whose poems are
not considered important, wrote about fourteen works on several topics such as
history, philosophy and geometry, and is known as "Turk
Şehnamecisi" (The Turkish Official Court Poet) because of his work, Süleymanname
(Book of Süleyman).
MAIN WORKS:
Süleymannâme, Dâvetnâme, Hayat ve Memat (Book of Süleyman, Book of
Invitation, Life and Death, translation), Pendname-i
Eflatun (Advice Book of Plato, translation), Silahşörnâme (Book of the Armed Guards, translated into German), Satrançnâme-i Kebir (Grand Chess Book), Kıssa-i Cezire-i Midilli (The Story of the Mytilene
Island), Terceme-i Câme-Şûynâme (The
Meaning of The Book of Garments and Husbands).
