Selim I, born in Amasya (pen name Selîmî): his Persian divan and Turkish poems.
Born in Amasya, Selim I (Selim the Grim) wrote a Persian divan as Selîmî; this covers its editions, the Amasya manuscript, the biographers' verdicts and his poems with translations.
Selîmî's Persian ghazal listing his conquests: a map of victories from Istanbul to Iran, Egypt and India, with chess and coinage images of the sultan-poet.
Selîmî's ghazal of battle: an enemy army stretching from Qaf to Qaf, a sword drawn like the dawn and a heart pure as a sword's mirror, quoted by Latîfî as proof of his valour.
Two couplets from a Persian ghazal by Yavuz Sultan Selim: the beloved's threshold valued above the throne of Caesar and Kāvūs, and a victory credited to God.
A Persian couplet by Selîmî: his only regret, having sought kingship far from the dust of the beloved's door, and the contrast of dust and royal splendour.
A Persian couplet by Selîmî: a heart that refuses the kingdom of the world offered to it and accepts only the pain of love, a choice voiced by a real sultan.
Two couplets from a Persian ghazal by Selîmî: an opening couplet making his dispersal on campaign serve the gathering of hearts, and the conquest of the realm of time.
A Persian couplet by Selîmî: the poetic reason why the beloved's shedding of his blood is a kindness, the threshold cleansed of dust, and a royal title for the beloved.
A Persian opening couplet by Selîmî: the lover as king of the realms of pain, with affliction for refuge and boundless grief for an army, love told as a reign.
A Persian couplet by Selîmî: on the day of battle the debate of love is held with the tongue of the sword, and talk at the start of every matter is for children.
Three couplets from a Persian ghazal by Selîmî: the king of the army of grief taking tribute from the realm of love, throne and crown as fortune, and distrust of viziers.
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