Şeyh Gâlib
Turkish poet and mystic (1757 – 1799)
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Galib Mehmed Esad Dede, known as Sheikh Galib (1757 – 3 January 1799), was a Turkish divan literature poet and mystic.[1]
Biography
His real name was Mehmed. He used the pseudonym Es'ad given by his teacher Hodja Neş'et, from whom he learned a lot by participating in literary conversations, until 1784, and then he took the pseudonym Gâlib.[2] He was appointed as the sheik of the Galata Mevlevi Lodge on 9 June 1791. Galib Mehmed Esad Dede died in 1798 and was buried in the tomb in the courtyard.[3]
Bibliography
- Poems
- Divan (Şiirler)
- Hüsn ü Aşk (Güzellik ve Aşk)
- Şerh-i Cezîre-i Mesnevî
- Es-Sohbetü's-Sâfiyye
- Zübde-i alem
