Ahmed-i Dāʻī

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Ahmed-i Dāʻī ( Ottoman أحمد داعي) was an Ottoman poet.

Life

He was probably born in the second half of the 14th century in the Principality of Germiyan . He began his career at the court of the Princes of Germiyan in Kütahya . There he probably met Emir Süleyman , a son of Bayezid I , and moved to his place at the Ottoman court in Bursa . There he became, among other things, the tutor of Murad II. Ahmed-i Dāʻī was not only a poet, but also had a good knowledge of law, medicine, history and astronomy.

17 larger works by him have survived, including a Dīwān each in Turkish and Persian. His most famous work is the Mesnevi Çeng-nâme , in which he describes the production of a Çeng , a Turkish angle harp. He also translated various works from Arabic and Persian into Turkish.

Depending on the source, he died in 1417 or after 1421. He was buried in Bursa, but his grave is not known.

Works

Poetry

  • Çeng-nâme
  • Câmasb-nâme
  • Ukudü'l-cevâhir
  • Vasiyyet-i Nuşirevân
  • Mutâyebât
  • Persian divan
  • Turkish divan

prose

  • Teressül
  • Sirâcü'l-kulüb
  • Tercume-i Tıbb-ı Nebevi
  • Mihfatü'l-cenne
  • Tercume-i Tâbir-nâme
  • Tercume-i Tezkiretü'l-evliya
  • Tercume-i Eşkal-i Nasır-ı Tusi

literature

  • Andrews, Walter G. Ottoman Lyric Poetry: An Anthology, Expanded Edition , University of Washington Press, 2006, p. 212. ISBN 0-295-98595-X
personal data
SURNAME Ahmed-i Dāʻī
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ottoman poet
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century