Süleyman Fehim

Süleyman Fehim Efendi (1789–1846) was a teacher and poet of Persian in the Ottoman Empire.

He soon however decided to retire and dedicate his life to studying and writing, and teaching Persian occasionally.

Upon his return to Constantinople, he taught Persian to a variety of students, including Ahmed Cevdet Pasha and Fatin Efendi.

He also wrote the Sefinet al-Shu'ara, which combines an abridged and loose translation of Dawlatshah Samarqandi's Tadhkirat al-shu'ara, as well as portions of Jami's Nahafat al-ons, Sam Mirza's Tadhkera as well as Ali-Shir Nava'i's Majales al-nafa'es.

It was authored at the beginning of Mahmud II's reign (1808–1839), and he dedicated it to the Ottoman statesman Halet Efendi.