There is very little information about the life of Fuzûlî. His real name is known to be Mehmed, and his father's name is Suleyman, but there is no definite information about his birth date and place. Various sources indicate that he was born around Baghdad, but they do not agree on a specific location.
İbrâhim Dakūkī suggests the year 1483 as his birth year, derived from an abjad calculation. In some of his other works, it is mentioned that he might have been born around 1480. Fuzûlî belonged to the Bayat tribe of the Akkoyunlu Turkmens and lived in and around Baghdad. After the conquest of Baghdad, Fuzûlî presented kasidas (odes) to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent and other prominent figures of the state, gaining attention as a result. He was granted a stipend of nine akçes. He lived in Hilla, Baghdad, and Kerbela regions. He died during a plague epidemic. Fuzûlî wrote poetry in the Azeri dialect and is regarded as one of the greatest poets of Turkish literature.
He is known for his sincerity, enthusiasm, simplicity, and sensitivity in his poetry. He developed his interest and talent in poetry at a young age and mastered Arabic and Persian perfectly. With his literary personality and works, he gained great fame in the Turkish-Islamic world. In his poems, Fuzûlî expressed love, suffering, the emptiness of worldly pleasures, and the thought of death with an impressive lyricism. His literary influence spread over a wide geography even during his lifetime.
