Bāky.Born into poverty in Constantinople. Father was a muezzin. Known as
Sultânüş-şuarâ,or
Sultan of Poets.Poems translated into German by Austrian orientalist Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall in the early nineteenth century. Biographical information: Stanford J. Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume 1, Empire of the Gazis: The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire 1280-1808, Cambridge University Press, 1976, pp. 148-149; E. J. W. Gibb, Ottoman Poems: Translated Into English Verse in the Original Forms, with Introduction, Biographical Notices, and Notes, Trübner & Company, 1882, pp. 201-5. (SCM)
| Poem title | Date | Periodical | Roles | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazel (“Tulip-cheeked ones over rosy field and plain stray all around”) | 1883-01 | Macmillan’s Magazine | Poet | 14782 |
| Gazel (“Lo! ne’er a trace or sign of springtide’s beauty doth remain”) | 1883-01 | Macmillan’s Magazine | Poet | 14781 |