Hamidi Esfahani, one of the 15th century representatives of Divan literature, was born in Esfahan in 834/1430, received education there, and left Esfahan in 862/1457 and entered the palace of the Shirvanshahs because he could not find any supporters. After staying in Shirvan for two years, Hamidi went on a journey and came to Anatolia in 864/1459, and came under the patronage of Isfendiyaroglu Ismail Bey in Kastamonu. He entered the palace of Fatih Sultan Mehmet through the Grand Vizier Mahmut Pasha in 865/1460 and held many positions there for about 15 years. It is not known where and how the poet who participated in some expeditions with the army, died. Hamidi's most important work is his Divan, which consists of Persian, Turkish and Arabic poems. One of the manuscript copies of this work is in the Library of the Turkish Historical Society (nr. 68), and one is in the Library of the Istanbul Archeology Museum (nr. 1184). There are 94 Turkish and 1 Arabic poems, mostly in Persian, consisting of masnavi named Hasbihal-name, odes, ghazals, kıtas, rubais, terkib-bends, terci-bends and mufreds in Divan. In this work, which includes 8719 couplets of Persian, 757 couplets of Turkish and 6 couplets of Arabic poetry, there are odes presented to Fatih Sultan Mehmet and many statesmen. There are 34 Turkish poems consisting of 240 couplets written by considering Eastern Turkish characteristics in the Türk Tarih Kurumu (Turkish Historical Society Library) (nr. 68) copy of the Divan. The transcription of these poems was made by Ismail Unver and published. Also in this study, the transcription of 60 poems consisting of 517 couplets in the manuscript found in the library of the İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzesi (Istanbul Archeology Museum) (nr. 1184) was made for the first time.

Hamidi Esfahani, Divan, Turkish Poems, Fatih Sultan Mehmet.