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there was a captures chamberlain. 5 This cahier -whichis written by Buhûrîzâde’s self dainty handwritingupperchapter was damaged so it couldn’t be read.But I don’t think there is a difference between thisand the second document (2/232). Thankfully thechapter that is written by the master’s handwritinghasn’t been damaged. It was found and smiles tous after 336 years. And it’s like the following in thewords of that age:“I wish Allah Subhânehu ve Tealâ make my grace andgallant sultan’s competence flawless and make yourregency permanent and constant, amin.It is my request from the Palace that the 10 silvercoins that I had been receiving from the customs andthat has been cut off be granted to this servant ofyours by the chief stewardhood of slave traders. ServantMustafa. 6Another document about Buhûrîzâde Itrî is a grandvizier’s command about his assignation of IstanbulCaptures Chamberlain. This command is also an answerto the below cahier, and in this answer :Istanbul Captures Chamberlain"Since Mustafa (mayAllah make his value higher) taught music to thecaregiver in the Harem and had beneficial services tothe Palace, the chief stewardhood he asked for shallbe given to him as of March 15, 1676, and the titleshall be taken away from him if he is discovered tohave any wrong doings. January 27, 1676. 7By this command he was assigned as captures chamberlainbut it couldn’t be ascertained that if he maintainedthis duty until his death or not. According toSalim Efendi Itrî maintained this duty until his death.Because of this duty is an official and certificatedduty, I hope an absolute document about when theduty finished will come to light. If Buhûrîzâde did thisduty until his death a document about it will bringup his passing date. In the documents which werebrought up after this date there aren’t any recordsabout his chamberlain duty. This is the first thing ofthe case.The second thing is to be assigned this duty it is neededthat the master’s father must be capture craft or acraft must die escheatly. Another possibility is a craftgives up his job of his own accord. Because in the OttomanEmpire the number of freelancers was certainand this procedure continued for centuries on endvery seriously. This procedure called “gedik usulu”(notch procedure) in Ottoman. According to this explanationthat chamberlain was notch at that time.In according to the word of ‘buhûrî’ Itrî’s family occupationis about smoke, in other words, the craft thatproduces or sells incense or both produces and sellsit. Consequently it’s hard to think there was a linkingwith capture crafting. And the other two incensersare as follows:1.Foundation attendant that elicits cleaning and nicesmelling of mosques, graves or dervish lodges. 2.Inthe palace between the artists there are incensers. 8head of them is called ‘buhurdan agasi’. According tothis item Mustafa Celebi’s father is probably from thisartists class.The document that bearing date 1677 aboutBuhûrîzâde was written by the master’s own handwriting.In this cahier Buhûrîzâde Mustafa Celebi requestedhis salary that he couldn’t take yet. The masterBuhûrîzâde’s short cahier is as follows:I express my gratitude to my holy and generous Sultan.The trimonthly paid salary I deserve is being paidto me regularly thanks to the order of my gloriousSultan. Servant Mustafa Buhurizade 9This document displays that Buhûrîzâde was a remarkablecalligrapher in Arabic script. Even according tothis and other sample writings calligrapher Buhûrîzâdebrought up rather than composer Buhûrîzâde.In 26th June 1677 Itrî’s coeval and colleague (Âbirîzade,Comlekci-zade) Receb Celebi (?-1701) gave anoffer about his hard cost of living and requested ex-The document which the Master’s friends’ names were mentioned.61

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