Tokatlıdır. Mahdûmu Yûsuf Efendi’nin te’lîf eylediği “Ferâiz-i Zekiyye” kitabında yazdığı eş-Şeyh Ali bin şeyh Cüneyd bin Kara Selman bin Nasrullah Tokâdî mahdûmudur. Berâ-yı tahsîl Amasya’ya gelip 850’de vefât eden Amasya fuzalâsından Mevlânâ Hüsâmeddîn Hüseyin Tokâdî’den ve 866’da vefât eden Mevlânâ Cemâleddîn Yûsuf Tokâdî’den ahz-i ulûm edib ders-i âm oldu.
Fazîlet-i ilmiyyesi şâyî’ oldukta üstadı “Yûsuf Çelebi”ye dâmâd olup ulemânın nazarında kadri büyüdü. Ba’dehû Torumtay müderrisi olup tedrîs ve ifâde ederek 878 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Âlim, kâmil, fıkıh ve usûle pek vâkıf idi. Mahdûmları “Yûsuf, Mahmûd” Çelebilerdir. Evlâdına “Ahîzâdeler” dendi. Defterdâr Mahmûd Çelebi mahdûmu “el-Hâc Sinâneddîn Yûsuf Çelebi”den evlâdı türedi.
In Modern English
He is from Tokat. In the book "Ferâiz-i Zekiyye" written by his son Yûsuf Efendi, he is recorded as the son of Sheikh Ali, son of Sheikh Cüneyd, son of Kara Selman, son of Nasrullah Tokâdî. He came to Amasya to study, took learning from Mevlânâ Hüsâmeddîn Hüseyin Tokâdî, one of the scholars of Amasya who died in 850 [1446-47], and from Mevlânâ Cemâleddîn Yûsuf Tokâdî, who died in 866 [1461-62], and gave public lectures.
When his scholarly merit became known, he became the son-in-law of his teacher "Yûsuf Çelebi," and his standing grew in the eyes of the scholars. He then became müderris of the Torumtay Madrasa, taught and passed on knowledge, and died around 878 [1473-74]. He was a learned and accomplished man, thoroughly versed in jurisprudence and its principles. His sons were Yûsuf and Mahmûd Çelebi. His descendants were called "Ahîzâdes." His line also continued through "el-Hâc Sinâneddîn Yûsuf Çelebi," the son of the treasurer Mahmûd Çelebi.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- Ferâiz: knowledge of inheritance law; "Ferâiz-i Zekiyye" is the name of a book on this subject
- fuzalâ: scholars, learned men
- ahz-i ulûm: acquiring learning
- ders-i âm: one who gives public lectures, one authorized to teach
- şâyî' olmak: to become known, to spread
- dâmâd: son-in-law
- müderris: madrasa professor
- tedrîs ve ifâde: teaching and imparting knowledge
- usûl: the principles of jurisprudence, the discipline that studies the principles on which rulings rest
- kâmil: mature, accomplished
The Son of Ahî Cüneyd: Ahîzâde Yûsuf Efendi
The son Yûsuf of the person in this entry is the Hanafi jurist who appears in the sources as Ahîzâde Yûsuf Efendi. According to the sources he was from Tokat, he is also known as Ahî Çelebi, and his father's name was Cüneyd. This agrees with Hüsameddin's record of "Yûsuf, son of Cüneyd of Tokat." He was among the scholars of the time of Sultan Bayezid II. He served as a müderris in madrasas in Bursa, Edirne and Istanbul and was appointed to one of the Sahn-ı Semân madrasas. His death date appears in some sources as 902 [1497], 904 [1499] and 905 [1500]; Hüsameddin has written a separate entry on him and says there that he died in 914 [1508-09]. Yûsuf Efendi's life is treated in detail in the tenth entry of this volume.
The Torumtay Madrasa
The place where Ahî Cüneyd served as müderris takes its name from Seyfeddin Torumtay. Torumtay was raised among the slaves of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Alâeddin Keykubad I, served as governor of Amasya, and lived in the Güdül Quarter. His name means "a sturdy, brave young man." The 1576 Amasya survey records the endowment revenues assigned to the Torumtay Imaret and the Torumtay Madrasa: the revenues of the village of Alala in the district of Argoma are written as belonging to the imaret, and certain shares of the villages of Ilıca and Zara in the district of Geldiklanâbâd to the madrasa. At that time the endowment revenues were being used by Mehmed Çelebi, son of Kaya Paşa, a descendant of Torumtay. The name Torumtay appears often in endowment records of later centuries as well, and these records give details of the mosque, the imaret and their staff.
An Inconsistency in the Sources
Hüsameddin gives the death of Cemâleddîn Yûsuf Tokâdî as 866 in this entry and as 865 in the tenth. This difference of one year for the same person is an inconsistency within the book itself, and the correct date could not be determined. Further, in the tenth entry Hüsameddin writes that "el-Hâc Sinan Çelebi bin Mahmûd Çelebi," the nephew of Ahîzâde Yûsuf and muharrir of the province of Amasya, was his son-in-law. In this entry, however, the son of the treasurer Mahmûd Çelebi is called "el-Hâc Sinâneddîn Yûsuf Çelebi." The two records may describe the same person, but because of the difference in names this cannot be said with certainty.
No information on Ahî Cüneyd Çelebi, on his teacher and father-in-law Cemâleddîn Yûsuf Tokâdî, or on Hüsâmeddîn Hüseyin Tokâdî was found in other sources.
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- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 266–266. amasya.bel.tr
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