Bureaucrat- poet (B. ?,
Antakya- D. 1743, Istanbul).
His full name is Mustafa Münif Efendi. He used
“Hezarî” nickname in Antakya, after he went to Istanbul he listened the advice of Raşit
Efendi and used “Münif” nickname. He took his education in Antakya.
In 1718, he went to Istanbul, he became a
visitor in well-known historian Râşid Efendi’s Palace in Üsküdar, and he took
his appreciation and went to Afghanistan
with him. He became an employee next to
some government officials. He worked as Mektubiyan-i Sadr-i Azami lieutenant
and name keeper of Treasurer Boz Ibrahim Pasha. He received the rank of
hacegani (editor) and he had titles such as chamberlain, order keeper,
financial biography keeper and Iran
ambassador. Besides Turkish, he also wrote poems in Arabic and Persian.
WORKS:
Divan (editing:
Sabahattin Küçük, 1999), Fetihnâme-i Belgrad (with Hezâri pen name), Hadîs-i
Erbaîn Tercümesi (trans. from Molla Câmî), Mensur ve Manzum Zafernâmeler.
REFERENCE: Bursalı Mehmed Tahir / Osmanlı Müellifleri II (1972), Mehmet Turan Yarar / Doruktan Doruğa - Güfte Şairleri (1992).
