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Position: Neyzenbaşı of the Galata and Cairo Mevlevihanes
Teacher: Kudretullah Dede
Forms: Peşrev, saz semâisi
Student: Halîm Efendi
Life
Deli İsmâil Dede was born in Istanbul. He joined the Mevlevi order at a young age, completed his çile (novitiate) under Kudretullah Dede, sheikh of the Galata Mevlevihane, and became neyzenbaşı (head ney player) of this lodge. In 1848 Abbas Hilmi Pasha, governor of Egypt, took him to Cairo; he also served as neyzenbaşı at the Cairo Mevlevihane during the tenure of Sheikh Nakşî Mustafa Dede, and then returned to Istanbul. He also played at the palace of Esmâ Sultan. According to Öztuna he composed twenty peşrevs and twelve saz semâisi. His best-known student was Halîm Efendi, sheikh of the Kozyatağı Rifâî Tekke. He is often confused with Hamâmîzâde İsmâil Dede.
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