The life of Eminhafizzade aAhmed Arifî Bey from elaziğ and the investigation of the works he composed regarding type and format

İn this master's thesis prepared in Fırat Üniversity İnstitue of Social Sciences, İt is located the life, family, friendship, offical duty, literary thought, penmanship, music, musician, singing, composing, works and modal analysis of these works of Eminhafızzade Ahmed Arifi, were researched in TRT, state choir, university libraries and private archieves. As a result of these researches, twelve compositions of Ahmed Arifi have been identified, but six of them's written music were found. These works' written copies from different sources were found and studied in terms of genres and styles. Keyword: Ahmed Arifî Bey, Composer, Governer, Turkish Music, Tonality, Method, Analysis.