Amasya müverrihi Abdullah Paşa müderrisi Abdî Efendi’nin mahdûmu ve nakîbü’l-eşrâf kâ’im-makâmı es-Seyyid eş-Şeyh Ali Efendi’nin baba bir kardeşidir. Amasya fuzalâsından Pîrîzâde el-Hâc Hüseyin Efendi’den ikmâl-i tahsîl edib ders-i âm oldu. Ba’dehû Abdullah Paşa müderrisi sonra kasâbâta kadı, bir sene kadar Amasya nâibi olup 1131’de vefât etdi. Kibâr-ı ulemâdan bir merd-i edîb idi.
Diğer Helvacızâde el-Hâc Ahmed Efendi bin Mehmed Ağa da meşâhîr-i ulemâdan olup ba’zı medârise müderris olduğu halde 1133’de vefât etdi. Gümüşlüzâde Câmii şerîfinde çokca va’z ederdi.
In Modern English
He is the son of Abdî Efendi, the historian of Amasya and müderris of the Abdullah Pasha Madrasa; he is the half-brother on the father's side of Seyyid Şeyh Ali Efendi, deputy of the nakîbüleşraf. After completing his studies under the Amasya scholar Pîrîzade Hacı Hüseyin Efendi, he gave public lectures. Then he became müderris of Abdullah Pasha, afterward kadı of towns, and served for about a year as naib of Amasya; he died in 1131 [1718-19]. He was among the great scholars, a litterateur and a brave man.
Another, Helvacızade Hacı Ahmed Efendi, son of Mehmed Ağa, was also among the well-known scholars and, after serving as müderris at some madrasas, died in 1133 [1720-21]. He preached often at the Gümüşlüzade Mosque.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- müverrih: historian
- nakîbü'l-eşrâf: the official who looked after the affairs of descendants of the Prophet (seyyids and sharifs)
- kâ'im-makâm: deputy, kaymakam
- fuzalâ: the learned, the virtuous
- ders-i âm: a scholar who gives public lectures
- kasabâta kadı: one who served as judge in towns
- nâib: the judge who acts in place of the kadı
- kibâr-ı ulemâ: the great scholars
- merd-i edîb: a brave man engaged in letters
- medârise: madrasas
Abdî Efendi and His Family
In the entry the person's father is called "historian of Amasya." This phrase reports that Abdî Efendi wrote on the history of Amasya; the particulars of his work could not be verified from another source in this study.
Ahmed Efendi's three-step sequence of posts is notable: professorship, kadılık in towns, then a year as naib in Amasya. The family also has a relative, such as Seyyid Şeyh Ali Efendi, who served as deputy of the nakîbüleşraf. No information read in this study was found in other sources on the Gümüşlüzade Mosque, where Helvacızade Ahmed Efendi preached, or on the Abdullah Pasha Madrasa.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 190–190. amasya.bel.tr