Emir Buhari was born in Bokhara. He was the grandson of Mahmud-ı Fagnevi, the famous Nakşibendi sheikh. After he finished his education in Bokhara, he joined to Ubeydullah Ahrar’s sect, he was the most famous philosopher of Samarkant. He met with Abullah-i İlahi came from Anatolia. He took permission from his sheikh to go to Anatolia with Abullah-i Ilahi. He settled in Simav of Kütahya city, the homeland of Abullah-i Ilahi . After a while he made pilgrimage to Mecca. In Mescid-i Aksa (Jerrussalem), he made a living by writing books. One year later he returned to Simav and went to Istanbul with the permission of Abdullah-i İlahi. At firs he joined the Şeyh Vefa Tekke (Dervish lodge). Evrenoszade Achmed Bey invited Emir Buhari to Vardar. In 1477, Emir Buhari started an act of guiding, and he propagated the Naksibendi sect in Istanbul. As the Naksibendis increased in Istanbul, Sultan Bayezid II had had built a mescid (small mosque) and cells for the dervishes on the western side of the Fatih Mosque. Emir Buhari died in 1516.

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