Poet. Raised in the palace of Istanbul, before being expelled in 1783-4 and eventually
exiled to Rhodes in 1799. Author of erotic works of poetry. Author of *Defter-i ʿas̲h̲ḳ*
(*Journal of Love*) in 1842 and *Zenān-nāme * (*Book of Women*) in 1838, published
posthumously. Biographical information: J. H. Mordtmann, “Fāḍil Bey”, *Encyclopedia
of Islam, Second Edition*, 2012, Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_2222.
Retrieved on 19 February, 2020 & E. J. W. Gibb, *Ottoman Poems: Translated Into English
Verse in the Original Forms, with Introduction, Biographical Notices, and Notes*,
Trübner & Company, 1882, pp. 218-20. (SCM)