Dedezâde Mehmed Hilmî Efendi of Merzifon (1828-1913): life, family, ghazal, kıt'as and satires of the witty poet whom Hüsameddin knew in person.
Dedezâde Seyyid Mehmed Hilmî Efendi (1828-1913): the Merzifon poet patronised by Ziya Pasha, rival of Sıdkı Efendi, whose couplets Hüsameddin wrote down from his own lips.
Hilmî Dede's didactic ghazal asking the purpose of worldly attachment: a guest's stay of a day or two, wealth that builds no fountain or bridge, a soul given to the beloved.
Hilmî Dede's kıt'a satirising Mir Hamza Nigârî: the aim of the Sufi path as asceticism and piety, puns on Nigâr and Leylâ, and a Karabağ that cannot bind the gnostic's heart.
Hilmî Dede's kıt'a satirising the tithe officer Saraczâde Mehmed Yaşar Efendi: the beast living under God's bounty, the devil living till Judgement Day and the name pun.
The couplet from Hilmî Dede's satire on his rival Hacı Bayramzâde Sıdkı Efendi that spread among the people: the man who pokes his nose into everything and the ducks.
Hilmî Dede's rhymed answer to those who asked his age: ninety, ten short of a hundred, the remaining ten to be granted by God, and an age at odds with the register.
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