Amasyalıdır. Lâdik’de medfûn sâhibü’l-hâl es-Seyyid Ahmed-i Kebîr er-Rifâ’î sülâlesinden es-Seyyid el-Hâc Kâsımoğlu es-Seyyid Mustafa Ağa’nın kerîmesidir. Amasya a’yânından Taşçızâde el-Hâc Halîl Ağa’nın zevcesi olup Recep Mahallesi câmii şerîfine eczâ-yı şerîfe va’z edib cüz-hânlara nukûdunu vakfetmiş ve 1075 sâline doğru vefât eylemişdir. Sâliha, zâhide bir şerîfe idi. Mahdûmu, “Emîr Ağa” demekle meşhûr es-Seyyid Mehmed Ağa’dır bunun evlâdına “Emîr Ağazâdeler” dendi.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Âfitâb Hâtun — Şerîfe
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 19 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
She was a native of Amasya. She was the daughter of Seyyid Mustafa Ağa son of Seyyid Hacı Kâsım, of the line of the saint Seyyid Ahmed-i Kebîr er-Rifâî who lies in Ladik. She was the wife of Taşçızâde Hacı Halîl Ağa, one of the notables of Amasya. She donated sections (cüz) of the Quran to the Recep Quarter Mosque and endowed money for those who read the sections, and she died around 1075 [1664-65]. She was a devout, ascetic seyyide. Her son was Seyyid Mehmed Ağa, known by the name "Emîr Ağa"; his children were called the "Emîr Ağazades".
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- sâhibü'l-hâl: one who has a spiritual state, a saint
- sülâle: lineage, a branch of a family
- eczâ-yı şerîfe: the sections of the Quran
- cüz-hân: a person who reads sections of the Quran
- zâhide: a woman who keeps away from the pleasures of the world
- şerîfe: a woman descended from the Prophet, a seyyide
Seyyid Ahmed-i Kebîr, Who Lies in Ladik
The Ahmed-i Kebîr in the text is Seyyid Ahmed-i Kebîr er-Rufâî, whose tomb is today in the Ladik district of Samsun. According to what the Ladik District Governorship and writings on the subject give, he may be one of the grandsons or caliphs of Ahmed er-Rifâî, the founder of the Rifâî order; he came to Amasya and settled, engaged in guidance activity, and died in 759 [1358]. The tomb, built of cut stone and brick, holds seven sarcophagi. The building was repaired in 1778, in the time of Abdülhamid I, by Seyyid Abdullah Ağa. A study treating the subject in detail was published in the Amasya İlahiyat Dergisi; the author separately discusses the identity of the "Ahmed-i Kebîr" in Anatolia.
No record was found other than Hüsameddin about Âfitâb Hâtun's husband, father and son. In searches on the mosque of the Recep Quarter, no document relating to this donation was found either.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 19–19. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
- "Rifâîliğin Anadolu'daki Tarihine Bir Katkı: Ahmed-i Kebîr er-Rifâî, Ahmed-i Kûçek mi?", Amasya İlahiyat Dergisi. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/amailad/article/647374
- Sadi Bayram, "Ladik ve Seyyid Ahmed-i Kebîr Hazretleri". https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/188202
Official sources
- T.C. Ladik Kaymakamlığı, "Seyit Ahmet-i Kebir Türbesi". https://www.ladik.gov.tr/seyit-ahmet-i-kebir-turbesi