Osmanzâde Ahmed Tâib

Osmanzâde Tâib (c. 1659–1724), real name Ahmed, was an Ottoman Divan poet born in Istanbul, son of a Süleymaniye foundation official. He served as teacher and judge but won fame for his satires and odes, and Sultan Ahmed III granted him the title reîs-i şâirân, head of the poets. Influenced by the poet Nabi, he also wrote works on the grand viziers and on the Ottoman sultans.

His sharp tongue proved fatal: for a jest mocking the governor of Egypt, he was poisoned on the governor's orders in Cairo on 25 May 1724. He also wrote a history of the first twenty-four Ottoman sultans.