Seyyid Vehbi
Illustration from the Surname-i Vehbi. Musicians and dance boys. Other miniatures show that the scene was surrounded by a large tent camp.
Hüseyin Seyyid Vehbî (* 1674 ?; † 1736 ) was an Ottoman poet.
His main work is the surnâme-i Vehbî , a festival book from 1720, which describes the 15-day circumcision ceremony of the sons of Sultan Ahmed III. describes.
Furthermore, Seyyid Vehbî won the tender for the verses on the well of Ahmed III. in front of the Topkapı Palace .
On the Yedikule gate of the land wall there is also an inscription from him, which Ahmed III. in the course of the restoration of the wall after an earthquake.
literature
- Klaus Kreiser : Istanbul: A historical-literary city guide , CH Beck, Munich 2001, pp. 66, 72, ISBN 3406471919
- Klaus Kreiser, Christoph K. Neumann: Little history of Turkey , Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, p. 266, ISBN 3-15-010540-4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vehbi, Seyyid |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vehbi, Huseyin Seyyid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ottoman poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1674 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1736 |