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Basiri (died 1534, Khorasan), was a prominent poet in the 16th century. He left the Timurid court and found patronage in Istanbul, where he wrote poetry for Ottoman sultans. Basiri brought the poetic works of Jami and Nava'i to the Ottoman court.

Biography

Basiri's place of birth is disputed. Both Asiq Celebi and Qinalizade state Khorasan, while Latifi and Ahdi state his origins were in "Ajam" or the fringes of "Ajam".[1] He was known as Alaca because of his skin disease(leprosy).[1]

A Persian émigré from the Timurid court,[2] Basiri emigrated to the Aq Qoyunlu Confederation.[1] Basiri wrote for the Aq Qoyunlu rulers and in 1487 traveled to Herat, joining Jami and Nava'i.[lower-alpha 1][3]

After visiting Istanbul in 1491, Basiri took the opportunity to join a mission to Bayezid II, and quickly gained the patronage of the Ottoman sultan.[4] He brought the works of Navai and Jami to the Ottoman Empire.[4] Basiri wrote poetry in Turkish[lower-alpha 2][5] and Persian, and it was in Persian that he wrote two lines mourning Jami's death.[4] Basiri died in 1534.[4]

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References

Sources

• Algar, Hamid (2019). "Jami and the Ottomans". In d'Hubert, Thibaut; Papas, Alexandre (eds.). Jāmī in Regional Contexts: The Reception of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī’s Works in. Brill.
• Kim, Sooyong (2017). The Last of an Age: The Making and Unmaking of a Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Poet. Routledge.
• Pfeifer, Helen (2022). Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands. Princeton University Press.

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- [en] Basiri (poet)

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[ru] Басири

Басири́, Бясири́ (псевдоним; настоящее имя Мехмед Ахмад абу-Маали аль-Муртаза; азерб. Bəsiri; ок. 1466, Ак-Коюнлу — 1536, Стамбул, Османская империя) — азербайджанский поэт[1][2] XV—XVI веков, писавший на родном азербайджанском языке, а также османском и персидском языках. Является одним из самых ярких представителей литературы Азербайджана.

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