Özet:

Bursa, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, has been among the cities that have fed the Ottoman geography for six centuries in terms of Sufi culture. The main Sufi approaches that gave color to Bursa Sufi culture were Nakşibendiyye, Kadiriyye, Celvetiyye, Halvetiyye and their branches. In this context, one of the sects that contributed to the religious and artistic life of the city is the Ahmed Gazzi Lodge, which is a continuation of the Halveti-Misrî tradition. Although he received a madrasa education, this dervish lodge, which was founded by Ahmed Gazzî, who was influenced by the mystical views of Niyâzî-i Mısrî and inclined towards mysticism in the process after his arrival in Bursa, made important contributions to the Bursa lodge music tradition.Because since its establishment, it has hosted many musicians. Gazzîzâde Abdüllatif Efendi, the third sheikh of the convent, in his work called Ravzâtü'l-Müflihûn, which constitutes an important link of the Bursa vefeyâtnâmes, sheds light on the lives of musicians who served as zâkir in the dervish lodge both during his time and during the reign of his grandfather’s father Ahmed Gazzi and grandfather Mustafa Efendi. Some of the zâkirs of Ahmed Gazzi Lodge, which is among the important institutions of the 18th and 19th century Bursa Sufi culture in terms of both scientific and artistic life, were among the leading names of mosque music as well as lodge music. In this study, the place of Ahmed Gazzî Lodge in Bursa religious music culture will be discussed in the context of the life stories of the zâkirs in Gazzîzâde Abdüllatif Efendi's Ravzâtü'l-Müflihûn.