Poet (b. 1552, İstanbul - d. 27
February 1644). He received education from his father Bayramzade Zekeriya
Efendi the Grand Mufti and some other famous scholars of his time. He worked as
a professor at the schools of Atikali Paşa, Haseki Sultan, Şehzade and Valide
in İstanbul (1587-95). He also served as a judge in Aleppo, Damascus, Egypt,
Bursa and Edirne (1596-1603). He was appointed as a military judge of Anatolia
(1604) and Rumelia (three times, 1604, 1610, and 1617). He was appointed Grand
Mufti in 1622 and stayed in this post until his death, twice being relieved of
his duties and then reappointed. He participated in the campaign against Revan
(1635) and Baghdad (1638) with Sultan Murat IV. He was not as popular during
the reign of İbahim I as he once was and he became ill with grief and died. He
was buried in the mausoleum of Darû'l-Hadîs (a school where the traditions of
Islam are taught), which was built by his father in the town of Sultan Selim.
He was regarded as the greatest
poet of his period after the death of Bakî and was respected by the other great
poets such as Nedim. He was famous for his lyric poems and particularly his
odes, which were written in a plain language and woven with fragile dreams.
Although he was a religious scholar, he abundantly used a discourse of love and
gaiety. His influence on his successors lasted until the end of the 19th
century. His Divan* was published by İbnülemin Mahmud Emin İnal (1918).
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Bursalı Mehmed Tahir / Osmanlı Müellifleri II (1972), Behçet Necatigil /
Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve
Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990,
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