Taceddin Ahmedi

Turkish author
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Also known as: Taceddin ad-Dīn İbrahim ibn Hizr Ahmedi, Taj ad-Dīn İbrahim ibn Hizr Ahmedi
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In full:
Taceddin (Taj ad-Dīn) İbrahim ibn Hizr Ahmedi
Born:
1334?, Anatolia
Died:
1413, Amasya, Ottoman Empire
Notable Works:
“Iskendername”

Taceddin Ahmedi (born 1334?, Anatolia—died 1413, Amasya, Ottoman Empire) was one of the greatest poets of 14th-century Anatolia. As a young man, Ahmedi studied with the famous scholar Akmal ad-Din (al-Babarti) in Cairo. He then went to Kütahya, in Anatolia, and wrote for the ruler Amīr Süleyman (1367–86). Later he went to the court of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I (1389–1403), and, at the Battle of Ankara, in which the Ottomans suffered a drastic defeat, Ahmedi apparently met the victor, the world conqueror Timur and wrote a qasida (ode) for him. At the death of Sultan Bayezid, Ahmedi joined the ...(100 of 277 words)