Şeyhî

Şeyhî, whose real name was Yûsuf Sinân, was born around 1370 in Kütahya, in the principality of Germiyan. He studied Sufism and medicine in Persia, then became physician and court poet to Prince Yâkub II of Germiyan. Summoned in 1415 to the bedside of Sultan Mehmed I, he treated him and received a fief as a reward. A disciple of Hacı Bayram, he moved closer to the Ottoman court after the accession of Murad II. He died in Kütahya, around 1431 according to turkedebiyati.org, in 1428 according to Britannica, and his tomb is near the town.

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• PoetryHüsrev ü ŞirinŞeyhî · 1421not translated into EnglishLiterature