Yekcesm Ahmed Murtaza Efendi was a representative of the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi path and a khalifa of Ahmed Yekdest Curyani. Although he held various posts in state service, his true identity lay in his Sufi guidance. He founded the lodge in Nişanca, Eyüp that bears his name and ensured its continuation as the Kashgari Lodge. He died in 1160/1747 and was buried in the cemetery of the lodge he had founded. His grave lies in the same complex as the tomb of the lodge's first resident sheikh, Abdullah al-Kashghari.