Buhûrizâde Abdülkerim Efendi

Buhûrizâde Abdülkerim Efendi was a Turkish poet, composer and Sufi prayer leader. In his compositional work, poetry or music, Buhûrizâde wrote under the name Kemter, a Sufi pseudonym meaning"poor", or "pitiful".

Buhûrizâde Abdülkerim Efendi
Born1698
Ottoman Empire
Died1778
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Occupation(s)Music composer

Buhûrizâde most of his life in Constantinople. As a teenager, he entered the Kocamustafapaşa tekke of the Sünbüliyye Sufi order, which was led, at the time, by Nûreddin Efendi. After a period of training and study, he was appointed zâkirbaşı, or prayer-leader, of the tekke.

Buhûrizâde later became the leader of the Şah Sultan Sünbüliyye tekke in Eyüp, a position he held well into his eighties, when he died.

Buhûrizâde is considered one of the most important composers of religious music in the mid to late 18th century in the Ottoman EmpireOnly five complete compositions by Buhûrizâde are available today. The rest of his vast repertoire are only recorded through the contemporary writings of others.

See also

Bibliography
  • Râmiz, Âdab-ı Zurefâ, Millet Ktp., Ali Emirî, T, nr. 762, s. 218;
  • Müstakimzâde, Mecmûa-i İlâhiyyât, Süleymaniye Ktp., Esad Efendi, nr. 3397, vr. 147a;
  • Mehmed Şükrî, Silsilenâme, Hacı Selim Ağa Ktp., Hüdâyî, nr. 1098, vr. 26b;
  • Hüseyin Vassâf, Sefîne, III, 344;
  • S. Nüzhet Ergun, Antoloji, I, 164; Öztuna, TMA, I, 9.


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