Enderûnlu Fâzıl
Ottoman writer
Enderûnlu Fâzıl (1757–1810) was an Ottoman poet. He is the author of the Zenanname ("The Book of Women") and the Hubanname ("The book of Beautiful Young Men"), the former of which was banned in the Ottoman Empire. He achieved fame through his erotic works.
Life
Fâzıl (or Fadil in Arabic) was born with the name 'Husayn' in c. 1757. His birthplace was either Acre or Safed, Acre being the headquarters of his grandfather, the Arab strongman and tax farmer Sheikh Daher al-Umar, and Safed being the headquarters of his father Ali al-Daher. Daher presided over a domain spanning northern Palestine and the Syrian coast from Jaffa to Sidon before his elimination in an Ottoman imperial assault in 1775. The Ottomans appointed Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar over Acre province and Fazil's father Ali led a rebellion by their family, the Zayadina, which still controlled Acre's Galilee countryside and attempted to oust the governor. The Zayadina made their last stand in their fortified stronghold of Deir Hanna, which capitulated in July 1776. Fazil, his brother Hasan Kamil, and their uncle Sa'id were among those in Deir Hanna who consequently entered the custody of Jazzar, who transferred them to the imperial admiral Hasan Pasha al-Jaza'iri. Hasan Pasha took the Zaydani prisoners to the imperial capital Constantinople.
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