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Câmi-i Rumi

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'''Ahmet Câmî-i Rûmî''' also known as '''Câmî-i Mısrî''' was an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] official, poet and translator who flourished in the 16th century.

==Biography==
Almost nothing is known about Câmî-i Rûmî apart from his career. Not even the dates and places of his birth and death are known. He served as a soldier in the royal Ottoman court in [[Istanbul|Constantinople]] (present-day [[Istanbul]], Turkey) before being appointed treasurer in the [[Egypt Eyalet]] under Sultan [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] (1520–1566). While in Egypt, four of his sons died during a plague. Câmî-i Rûmî was subsequently sent to [[Mecca]] for three years, where he oversaw the renovation of the [[Ka'aba]] ().

Thereafter, he returned to Constantinople, where he received promotion before leaving for Egypt once again. During his second stay in Egypt he translated the ''Wāʿeẓ Kāšefi’s Rawżat ol-šohadāʾ'' from [[Persian|Persian]] into [[Ottoman Turkish language|Turkish]] for Sultan Suleiman. He entitled his translation the ''Sa'adat-nama''; he used simple language, but embellished it with poems of Turkish and Persian poets. He received recognition for the quality of his translation, and was subsequently appointed governor of a [[sanjak]] in Egypt. He continued serving as governor under Sultan [[Murad III]] (1574–1595).

Osman G. Özgüdenli notes that Câmî-i Rûmî's writings were never collected in a ''[[Diwan (poetry)|divan]]''. However, he adds that some of his poems are found in ''[[Tadhkirah|tazkera]]s'' and [[anthology|anthologies]]. There are many extant manuscripts of Câmî-i Rûmî's translation. The oldest (dated 1578) is stored at the [[Topkapı Palace|Topkapı Palace Library]].

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[[Category:16th-century poets of the Ottoman Empire]]
[[Category:16th-century Ottoman military personnel]]
[[Category:Translators from Persian]]
[[Category:16th-century deaths]]
[[Category:Civil servants of the Ottoman Empire]]
[[Category:Male poets of the Ottoman Empire]]


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