Yahya b. Ali b. Nasuh al-Rumi (1533-1599), known more famously as Naw'i Efendi, was a prominent Sunni Hanafi-Maturidi jurist, theologian, and poet in the Ottoman Empire. He was a tutor for the children of Sultan Murad III. He is considered one of the most important Ottoman poets of his century and was given the title "the scholar of his century".https://acikbilim.yok.gov.tr/bitstream/handle/20.500.12812/313410/yokAcikBilim_360437.pdf?sequence=-1
Theology Naw'i Efendi was a scholar in the tradition of Akbari Sufi tradition, and wrote Akbari theological works. He also wrote an encyclopedia of Islamic figures. His other writings included an epistle listing the differences between the Ash'ari and Maturidi schools of Islamic creed.
Works Tercüme-i Hadîs-i Erbaîn Hasb-i Hal Keşfü'l-hicâb min vechi'l-kitâb Netâyicü'l-fünûn ve mehâsinü'l-mutûn Nevâ-yı Uşşâk Faslun fî virtueti'l-işk Fezâilü'l-vüzerâ and hasâilü'l-ümerâ Risâle-i Şikâyet-i Rûzigâr Tercüme-i Münşeât-ı Hâce-i Cihân Gul-i Sad-berg
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