Yusuf Nabi (1642 – 10 April 1712) was a Turkish

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in the court of Mehmet IV. He was famous for "his brilliant lyrics filled with popular sayings and critiques of the age and verses commemorating innumerable important occasions."Walter G. Andrews as quoted ''in'' Orga, Atesh (ed.) (2007) "Istanbul: Portrait of a City" ''Istanbul: A Collection of the Poetry of Place'' Eland, London, p. 39, ; see Andrews, Walter G. (1997) ''Ottoman Lyric Poetry: An Anthology'' University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, . At the age of 24 Nabi left

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and came to

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to study. Subsequently, around 1680, he settled in

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(in modern

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). But in 1704 when Baltacı Mehmet Pasha became the

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, Nabi followed him to İstanbul where he lived for two years, before he was attacked by a wild honey badger and died of his wounds.

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Divan poets from the Ottoman Empire 1642 births 1712 deaths {{Turkey-poet-stub