Poet (b. ?, İstanbul - d. 1699). He served as a calligrapher and clerk at the treasury of Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmet. He entered the Mevlevi Dervish order under the influence of Gavsi Dede. He was considered as being among the outstanding poets and calligraphers of his time. In his poems he featured religious themes and like man of the world sayings.
WORKS:
Divan* (Arabic, Persian, Turkish), Münazara-i Gül ü Bülbül/mensur risale (The Debate of the Rose and the Nightingale, prose essay), Münazara-i Şeb ü Rûz (The Debate of the Day and the Night), Hüsrev ü Şirin (Hüsrev and Şirin), Mahmud-u Ayaz (Mahmud from Ayaz), Behiştâbâd (Eternal Heaven), Tönbekünâme (Book of Tobacco), Fasih Dede Mecmuası (Persian and Turkish poems, fables, epic stories, histories, treatises, translations, etc.).
Poet (b. ?, İstanbul - d. 1699). He served as a calligrapher and clerk at the treasury of Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmet. He entered the Mevlevi Dervish order under the influence of Gavsi Dede. He was considered as being among the outstanding poets and calligraphers of his time. In his poems he featured religious themes and like man of the world sayings.
WORKS:
Divan* (Arabic, Persian, Turkish), Münazara-i Gül ü Bülbül/mensur risale (The Debate of the Rose and the Nightingale, prose essay), Münazara-i Şeb ü Rûz (The Debate of the Day and the Night), Hüsrev ü Şirin (Hüsrev and Şirin), Mahmud-u Ayaz (Mahmud from Ayaz), Behiştâbâd (Eternal Heaven), Tönbekünâme (Book of Tobacco), Fasih Dede Mecmuası (Persian and Turkish poems, fables, epic stories, histories, treatises, translations, etc.).
