Yazıcıoğlu Ahmed Bican

Writer (b. ?, Gelibolu / Çanakkale – d. 1466, Gelibolu / Çanakkale). He is brother of Yazıcıoğlu Mehmed of Gelibolu. He lived and died in Gelibolu after having entered to convent of Bayram-ı Veli with his brother. He translated the works of his brother and father with a cleaner Turkish so the people would understand it.

WORKS:

Envaru'l-Âşıkîn (Light of Aşıks, 1451, translation of the work of his brother Megaribü'z-Zeman / Sunsets of the Time, from 1001 Fundamental Works Series, 1975), Acaibü'l-Mahlukat (Strange Creatures, a summarized translation from famous Arabian geographer Kazvini, 1453), Dürr-i Meknûn (a pamphlet of mysticism), Şemsiyye (Şemsiyye, translation of the work of his father Yazıcı Salih Efendi).