During the reign of Ahmed III

(1703-1730) flourished Nedim, the greatest of all the poets of the old Ottoman school. Nedim a style that is entirely his own: it is altogether unlike that of any of his predece ors, whether Persian or Turkish, and no one has ever attempted to copy it. Through his ghazels, which are are err it tempted the most finished elegance in words of the truest harmony, sings a tone of sprightly gaiety and joyous lighthearted ne , such as is not to be found in any other poet of his His numerous while they are graceful, are hardly le brilliant than those of Neft, and are at the same time in truer taste and le burdened with obscure and far-fetched conceits. Little is known re garding his life, save that he resided at Constantinople, where the Grand Vezir, Ibrahim Pasha, appointed him custodian of the library which he had founded, and that he was still alive in 1727. Poole , Story of Turkey, p. 318. Nedjed (ned'jed), or Nejd (nejd). A large region in central Arabia, lying between Shomer on the north and Dahna on the south. The sur