Ahmed-i Dâi

Ahmed-i Dâî, son of İbrâhim, came from the principality of Germiyan; the date and place of his birth are not known. He was for a time a qadi there, under the protection of Prince Yâkub II, then, after the Ottoman conquest, moved to the service of the emir Süleyman. After the latter's death, he entered the service of Çelebi Mehmed, taught Prince Murad and composed for him an Arabic-Persian dictionary. He was still writing under Murad II. The date of his death is not known; in Bursa, a mosque, a district and a bath bear his name.

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• PoetryÇeng-nâmeAhmed-i Dâi · 1406not translated into EnglishLiterature