Poet (b. ?, İstanbul – d. 1606). Information on him is
limited. It is said that he was the son of, or a relative of the Grand Vizier
Ayas Paşa. While working in the Petty Crime Office he became a provincial
governor and later he was appointed as the Accountant of the Imperial Chancery
of State. He is buried in İstanbul Edirnekapı Graveyard.
Hakânî who was known for the simplicity of the
language in the poems of his Divan*,
became well-known with his poem Hilye
(Hilye) in which he described the form and personal features of the Prophet
Muhammed. It is stated that for hundreds of years later there was not a
comparable work even though many similar poems were written.
WORKS:
Divan (Divan*), Hadis-i
Erbain (Forty Records of the Sayings and Actions of the Prophet Muhammed,
written in verse, composed in rhymed couplets, 1603), Hilye-i Hakânî (Description of the Form and Personal Features of
the Prophet Muhammed, written in 1598, published in 1840, 1891).
