Divan poet (16th
Century, B. Gelibolu). His name is Ahmet. After he was trained in Cavalryman
Guild, he went to Egypt. He worked as the scribe of Treasury in there.
Therefore he was named as Câmî-i Mısrî. He was named as Câmî-i Rûmî in order to
prevent any possible mix-ups with Molla Câmî. It is assumed that his story of
life and works are mixed up with Davutpaşalı Cami. The most accurate
information about him can be found in Künhül-Ahbâr and Saâdetnâme in the book named Turkish
Poets. He lost his four grown up sons in a plaque. Suleyman the magnificent
heard about this disaster and he assigned the poet to important duties in
Mecca. After he completed these duties, he was invited by Süleyman to The
palace. He went to Egypt after a while where he received important duties
again. He wrote his famous book Saâdetnâme in three years, after he lost
his late son. This work made him famous in Istanbul. He became the Egyptian
Sanjak Chief. He continued with this duty for a long time. He died and buried
in Egypt.
He
was recognized with his skills in poetry and prose. Samples of his poems he
read can be found in the collected biographies named Riyâzî and Kafzâde. His most successful poem is the Şem eulogy,
also known as Şem’iyye. His reply to Habibi’s composition is also very
famous. Sadettin Nüzhet Ergun has published this reply, the rose eulogy he
presented to Suleyman, a muhamme, two lyrics and two verses from Saâdetnâme.
Saâdetnâme, is the Turkish translation of Hüseyin Vaiz Kâşifî’s Persian
work named Ravzatü’ş-Şühedâ.
This work is dedicated to Suleyman the Magnificent and it consists of ten
chapters. It is written in a simple language for its term. He added the poems
he obtained from Turkish and Persian poems to the chapters about Kerbela.
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