Kul Hüseyin of Keçiköy, Gümüşhacıköy (19th century), Alevi minstrel: his life, Hızır Sersem Baba, the Kul Hüseyin branch and seventy-five deyiş.
Kul Hüseyin, Alevi minstrel of Keçiköy: his attachment to Hızır Sersem Baba, the legend of his musahip İbrahim Derviş, the Kul Hüseyin branch and seventy-three deyiş.
Kul Hüseyin's düvaz-ı imam addressed to Yezid: the names of the Twelve Imams, the reckoning of the Last Day and the refrain "I do not know how you will fare then".
Kul Hüseyin's fifteen-syllable prayer: a dervish watching the beloved's road at dawn, the fear of sin and the plea "take my hand, O Muhammad, do not let us weep at the Judgement".
Kul Hüseyin's düvaz-ı imam with the refrain "for the love of God the One, Muhammad and Ali": a sinner at the dar, the threshold of the Forty and pardon asked of each Imam.
Kul Hüseyin's eight-syllable nefes: with the refrain "mercy, to the court of grace", a dervish who finds God in the one he loves and comes bearing his load of sins.
The nefes "Anda hasıl oldu güruhu naci", bearing the pen name Kul Himmet but also credited locally to Kul Hüseyin: known as the answer to a question Kul Hüseyin posed.
Kul Hüseyin's answer to Molla Hasan's questions: the zealot's washing, the rite that cleanses the believer, Adam's substance, the four gates and the questioning in the grave.
Kul Hüseyin's poem of welcome to Hacı Bektaş Velî: the refrain "sage of sages, pir, welcome", lips of sugar, teeth of pearl and the Hünkâr who came from Khorasan.
Kul Hüseyin's poem spoken by a wounded deer: a plea to the hunter, a mother deer thinking of her young, and the refrain "I listen: a deer moans from the depths of its soul".
Kul Hüseyin's crane semah, collected and sung by Zülfü Livaneli: the crane from Baghdad with a date in its beak, the desert of Karbala and "tarry, my crane, let us go to the pir".
Kul Hüseyin's eight-syllable poem with the redif "flows on and goes": a wave like the sea, a frowning beloved, and a prayer like the one camel leading a caravan of a thousand.
Kul Hüseyin's poem of welcome with the refrain "welcome to us, brother guest": a heart fallen into fellowship, news from the fair Shah, the rivals and the secret to be kept.
Kul Hüseyin's poem with the refrain "I have fallen out with fate, I will not make peace again": an earthquake in the city of the body, a scattered home, and fate sifting people.
The four-quatrain variant of Kul Hüseyin's "Dalgam yeğin derya gibi": a wave diving into the ocean, a frowning beloved and the camel walking ahead of a thousand-strong caravan.
A semah handed down under Kul Hüseyin's name but also said by some sources to belong to Hüseyin Fevzi Efendi: a poem of parting with the refrain "neither forget me nor I you".
Kul Hüseyin's nefes with the redif "requires purity": Ali, the chain of seeker, pir and sultan, the sage who understands by signs, and the counsel that one heart cannot hold two.
Kul Hüseyin's deyiş sung with fervour in the gatherings of Gaziler Ovacığı: the cup from Hacı Bektaş, Selman's bowl and "you drink, my lord, and give me some too".
Kul Hüseyin's nefes opening "I too have seen three beauties in this world": God, Muhammad and Ali, a pir like a gazelle, evil words like a March blizzard and a ruined world.
A farewell deyiş collected as Kul Hüseyin's: the refrain "let the souls who love us not weep", the shroud, the Yasin and a plea to Hüseyin Gazi; a "Derviş Ali" also speaks in it.
Kul Hüseyin's düvaz-ı imam with the refrain "if you speak to me, speak of Ali": ten quatrains praising Ali and the Twelve Imams, whose first line was not found in the field.
Kul Hüseyin's poem to his just Hünkâr: "cure this pain before it takes us", the feuding reconciled on the holiday, a beloved awaited at the grave and a last wish.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes with the redif "what does he do if he does not": the straight road of the seeker pledged to the Prophet's Family, Hasan Dede and Veli Sultan, and the counsel of unity.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes classed as a "prophecy of the future": ninety thousand saints appearing, the master who will bring justice, Ali taking up the banner, the faith turned into a feast.
Kul Hüseyin's three-quatrain poem: the musk-scented roads to the Kaaba, Abraham who built it, Imam Hüseyin, and "what did not remain theirs, will it remain ours".
Kul Hüseyin's reproach of a lover who hears his beloved has given herself to strangers: "if it is true, it has bent my back", the robber on the road and a lover sold for a coin.
Kul Hüseyin's poem with the redif "it is time to": a lover drawn to a beauty, saying the time has come for secret talk, for weeping, for reconciling and at last for union.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes with the redif "a point": the point seen on the throne of Elest, the Greatest Name, the hundred and fourteen suras, and all the verses gathered in the letter be.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes "since Elest I have loved the light": the merchant from India, the letters elif and mim on the Throne, accepting the gallows like Mansur, and the lover's wound.
Kul Hüseyin's düvaz-ı imam and plea for help: Abdal Musa roused to wrath, refuge in the Twelve Imams, Zülfikar drying the sea of Najaf, and a plea to Hüseyin Gazi.
Kul Hüseyin's three-quatrain plea for help: the pir of Khorasan, Ali who held the gate of Khaybar, Balım Sultan, and Hacı Bektaş Velî who made lifeless walls walk.
Kul Hüseyin's deyiş calling his musahip İbrahim Derviş, "come to our land, come wandering", and the legend of the distant companion hearing the call and arriving at Keçiköy.
Kul Hüseyin's semah-nefes with the refrain "come, my faith and my religion, Hasan Hüseyin": a life lost at Yezid's hands, a martyr sent away thirsty, a lion guarding the body forty days.
Kul Hüseyin's farewell nefes with the refrain "come, send us off with joy": a heart longing for its homeland, mutual forgiveness, the lovers' knowledge from Imam Cafer and hope of reunion.
Kul Hüseyin's sixteen-quatrain nefes on the Last Day: the fair Shah who will come as a guest, the Mahdi and Jesus, the Beast of the Earth, Israfil's trumpet, the bridge and the scale.
Kul Hüseyin's nefes with the refrain "I wonder why they look down on this path": fourteen quatrains naming the Twelve Imams one by one in answer to those who scorn the Alevi path.
Kul Hüseyin's poem of counsel to a hoca: "do you know the place where God is a guest?", the four gates, the law on the tongue and the order in the soul, and a heart's wound made to ache.
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