He was one of the first four Ottoman poets to write a tezkire (bibliographical dictionary of poetry).
There he learned the Ottoman Turkish language and made contact with many distinguished poets of the time.
The Ottoman historian and traveler Mustafa Âlî mentions Ahdi as one of the best known Arabic poets in Baghdad during 1585–1586, out of 30 in total.
[4] Ahdi's main work is the tezkire named Gülşen-i Şuara (Rosebed of Poets), which he wrote the same year on his return home.
It was different from the previous ones written until then because it covered only author's time contemporary poets.