Rif'at Mehmed Efendi (Gürcüzâde)

Hacı Rif'at Mehmed Efendi, council secretary of Gürcüzâde Osman Paşa who taught in Amasya after the pasha's execution, and his one surviving ghazal.

Rif'at Mehmed Efendi: Secretary and Poet of the Gürcüzâde Family

Hacı Rif'at Mehmed Efendi, council secretary of Gürcüzâde Osman Paşa, who returned to teach in Amasya after the pasha's execution: his life, his lost divan and a ghazal that survives.

13 October 2026 6 min reading

Rif'at Mehmed Efendi (Gürcüzâde)

Ghazal 1 — Duyurmuş bezm-i meyde âşıkın râz-ı dilin hayfâ

Rif'at Mehmed Efendi Gürcüzâde's only ghazal reached Hüsameddin through Kilisli Rıfat's copy from an Istanbul anthology; its opening couplet has a gossiping decanter.

01 October 2026 4 min reading

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