His father Kutbiddin Muhammed was the grandson of the famous Ottoman astronomer Ali Kuşçu (1403–1474).
He served in the madrasas of Gelibolu, Edirne, Bursa and finally Constantinople as a scholar (Turkish: müderris).
Sultan Bayazıt II (reigned 1481–1512) invited him to the palace as a mathematics teacher.
During the reign of Selim I (r. 1512–1520), he briefly served as Anatolian kazasker, a high-ranked judge.
Mirim Çelebi died in Edirne, and was laid to rest in the graveyard of Evliya Kasim Pasha Mosque.