Leyla Khanim
Leyla Hanim (d. 1848) was a 19th-century Turkish female poet.
Biography[edit]
Leyla Hanım was born (date unknown) in Constantinople (now Istanbul). Her father was Moralızâde Hâmid Efendi and her mother was Hadîce Hanım.[1] She was educated by the father of poet Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Mehmed Fuad Pasha, who was also a poet and writer. Leyla experienced a brief marriage which resulted in divorce.[1] She died in 1848. As a member of the Mevlevi Order, she is buried at the Galata Mevlevihanesi.
After Leyla's divorce, she started writing poetry collected in a diwan. She experimented with various forms of poetry. After her father died she wrote odes in the Iran tradition of ghazal.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Leyla Hanim Brief Bio". allpoetry.com. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ^ "Leyla Hanim Bio from Dictionary of Women Worldwide". www.encyclopedia.com.
Sources[edit]
- Mehmed Zihnî Efendi. In: Meşahir ün-nisa. 1877 (in Turkish).
- Sami Frashëri. Kâmûsü’l-A’lâm’a Göre 19.Yüzyılın Sonunda Trabzon. 1877 (in Turkish)
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