Poet and writer (B.
1895, İstanbul- D. 1904). His full name is İbnü’r-Reşâd
Ali Ferruh. After he got his degree from Beirut
French High
school, first he was graduated from high department of Civil School
(1882) then from Political Sciences Department of Ecole Libre des Sciences
Politiques in Paris
(1884). In 1884, he began to work as an officer in Foreign Ministry Translation
Department Paris, as a second level diplomat in London
and Petersburg embassies, Washington
ambassador (1895), inspector in Bulgaria
(1899). He became head inspector in Bulgaria in 1899. He died while he
was working on his early ages in Sofia.
He was buried in Mahmutbaba cemetery in Kadıköy.
WORKS:
POETIC: Laklakiyat-ı Edebiye (1883), Devlet (Osmanlı
tarihi, 1884), Huşenk (1885), Şâyân (1885), Üssü’l Esas (1886),
Kerbelâ (1st chapter 1887),
HISTORY: Misbâhü’s-Salâh-Velâdet-i Peygamberî (1887), Devlet
(1886), Üssü’l-Esâs (1888).
PHILOSOPHY:
Mebâdî-i Hikmet-i Ahlâk (ahlak kitabı, 1887), Teşhîr-i Ebâtıl (Batıl
inanışların teşhiri, Ernest Renan’a reddiye, 1890).
LINGUISTICS: Taklîb-i Elfâz yahut Mebâdî-i İştikak (1888).
PLAY: Hoşenk (1887), Kerbelâ (1889).
REFERENCE: Bursalı Mehmed Tahir / Osmanlı Müellifleri II (1972), Mücellidoğlu Ali Çankaya / Yeni Mülkiye Tarihi ve Mülkiyeliler (c. III, 1968), İbnülemin Mahmud Kemal İnal / Son Asır Türk Şairleri (c. I, 1999), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007).
