Aşık Çelebi
(1520-1572)
Ottoman biographer, poet, and translator
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Pir Mehmed ("Mehmed the Pir"; 1520–1572), better known as Aşık Çelebi ("Gentleman Bard" in Turkish), was an Ottoman biographer, poet, and translator. Born in Prizren, he served as kadi (judge) in many towns of the Rumelia. His major work Senses of Poets (Meşairü'ş-Şuara) of 1568 is of major importance.
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1520 Prizren, Ottoman Empire
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1572 (aged 51) Üsküb, Ottoman Empire
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