Selîmî (Elegy for Prince Mustafa)

Selîmî, a sixteenth-century poet of uncertain identity who wrote a murabba elegy on Prince Mustafa's death in 1553: sources and poem.

Selîmî: A Poet Who Wrote an Elegy for Prince Mustafa

Selîmî, a poet of unknown identity who wrote a seven-stanza murabba elegy on the death of Prince Mustafa in 1553: what the sources say, the pen-name confusion and his poem.

13 October 2026 5 min reading

Selîmî (Elegy for Prince Mustafa)

Elegy 1 — İy felek feryâd elünden pür cefâsın pür cefâ

Selîmî's seven-stanza murabba for Prince Mustafa: the refrain "falcon among princes", a coffin in Karaman, the huma bird and a life given on the sultan's path.

01 October 2026 8 min reading

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