Amasyalıdır. Seydî Hüsâm evlâdından ve kibâr-ı kudâtdan es-Seyyid Atâ’ullah Efendi bin es-Seyyid Mehmed Çelebi bin Emîr Şerefeddîn [479] Hamza Çelebi bin Emîr Şemseddîn Ahmed bin Abdülkerim bin Abdülkadir Çelebi bin Seydî Hüsâm demekle meşhûr es-Seyyid Hüsameddîn Hüseyin el-Kubâ’î bin ferzend-i âbid demekle meşhûr es-Seyyid Ferîdüddîn Mehmed bin Hüseyin bin Hasan bin Mehmed bin Lâçîn bin Mehmed bin Ebi’l-menâkıb Ahmed bin emîrü’l-müminîn Mehmed bin Abdü’lazîm bin Celâleddîn Ali bin Tâceddîn Mehmed bin Ebi’l-fütûh Ali bin Fahreddîn Hasan bin Ebi’l-berekât Sa’d bin Hüseyin et-Takî bin Hasan en-Nakî bin Ahmed el-Asgar bin Mûsâ el-A’rac bin İbrâhim bin Mûsâ el-Kâzım bin Ca’fer es-Sâdık bin Mehmed el-Bâkır bin Zeynel’âbidîn Ali bin Hüseyin eş-şehîd bin emîru’l-mü’minîn Ali bin Ebî Tâlib bin AbdülmutTâlib el-Alevî el-Hüseynî mahdûmudur.
Badet-tahsîl bir müddet ders okutdu. Ba’dehû kasabâta kadı olup birkaç defa Merzifon kadısı, sonra Amasya nakîbu’l-eşrâf kâ’im makâmı oldu. Zile kazâsından ma’zûl olduğu halde 1024 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Ulemâ-yı sâdâtdan kâmil bir zât idi.
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya. He was of the line of Seydî Hüsâm and of a family of senior judges, the son of Seyyid Atâullah Efendi, son of Seyyid Mehmed Çelebi, son of Emîr Şerefeddîn Hamza Çelebi, son of Emîr Şemseddîn Ahmed, son of Abdülkerim, son of Abdülkadir Çelebi, son of Seyyid Hüsameddîn Hüseyin el-Kubâ'î, known as "Seydî Hüsâm," son of Seyyid Ferîdüddîn Mehmed, known as "the devout son" (âbid oğul), son of Hüseyin, son of Hasan, son of Mehmed, son of Lâçîn, son of Mehmed, son of Ebi'l-menâkıb Ahmed, son of the Commander of the Faithful Mehmed, son of Abdü'lazîm, son of Celâleddîn Ali, son of Tâceddîn Mehmed, son of Ebi'l-fütûh Ali, son of Fahreddîn Hasan, son of Ebi'l-berekât Sa'd, son of Hüseyin et-Takî, son of Hasan en-Nakî, son of Ahmed el-Asgar, son of Mûsâ el-A'rac, son of İbrâhim, son of Mûsâ el-Kâzım, son of Ca'fer es-Sâdık, son of Mehmed el-Bâkır, son of Zeynelâbidîn Ali, son of the martyr Hüseyin, son of the Commander of the Faithful Ali, son of Ebî Tâlib, son of Abdülmuttalib el-Alevî el-Hüseynî.
After completing his studies he taught for a while. Then he became judge in towns, was several times judge of Merzifon, and then served as deputy to the nakîbü'l-eşrâf (deputy of the nakîbü'l-eşrâf) of Amasya. Having been dismissed from the kaza of Zile, he died around 1024 [1615]. He was a mature man among the seyyid scholars.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kibâr-ı kudât: senior judges
- es-Seyyid: the title given to those descended from the Prophet
- Emîr: a title denoting noble descent, also used in seyyid families
- mahdûm: son
- ferzend-i âbid: the devout son
- badet-tahsîl: after studying
- kasabât: towns
- nakîbü'l-eşrâf kâ'im-makâmı: the deputy of the nakîbü'l-eşrâf, who was the head of the descendants of the Prophet
- ma'zûl: dismissed
- ulemâ-yı sâdât: seyyid scholars
A Long Genealogy
Almost the whole of the text is a genealogy in which Ahmed Efendi's lineage is counted back to Ali and Hüseyin. The first links of the chain are important for the history of Amasya: Hüsameddin Hüseyin el-Kubâ'î, known as "Seydî Hüsâm," was a Khalwati elder who lived around Kuba in Amasya, called among the people the Saint of Kuba (Kuba Evliyası). This family came from the city of Quba in Azerbaijan, and their settling in Amasya is associated with the Khalwati sheikh Pîr İlyas. According to what Hüsameddin Yasar relates, Hüsameddin Hüseyin in 857 [1453] had a madrasa built in the quarter, with a mosque, a fountain, and a tomb for himself beside it, and arranged his waqfs. The name of the madrasa is Hüsâmiye. The Kuba quarter lies on a high place now called the Dere quarter; the madrasa has collapsed and disappeared, while a mosque and a small tomb are standing.
Metin Hakverdioğlu writes that some publications saying the Saint of Kuba was the son of Pîr İlyas are wrong, that he was the son-in-law of Pîr İlyas's son; he also notes that the author of Amasya Tarihi, Hüseyin Hüsameddin Yasar, descends from this figure. That is, in this entry Hüsameddin is describing a seyyid family descended from his own ancestor.
The Nakîbü'l-eşrâf and Amasya
The nakîbü'l-eşrâf was the head of the seyyids and sharifs among the Ottomans. Among his duties were keeping the genealogical registers of the seyyids, issuing seyyid patents (berat), and seeing that the tax and military exemptions granted to them were applied. The chief nakîbü'l-eşrâf resided in Istanbul; in the other cities there were deputies chosen for a fixed term from among the seyyids. That Ahmed Efendi carried out this deputyship in Amasya can be considered together with his genealogy showing descent from the seyyids; the text does not give details of the office.
No other record was found of his judgeships in Merzifon, Zile, and around Amasya. No separate source on Ahmed Efendi himself could be found.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 152–152. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
- Metin Hakverdioğlu, "Amasya'da Kubalılar, Kuba Medresesi ve Azerbaycan Göçmenlerinin Amasya'da Edebiyata Etkileri", IV. Uluslararası Hamza Nigârî Azerbaycan Cumhuriyeti'nin Kuruluşunun 100. Yılında Türkiye-Azerbaycan İlişkileri Sempozyumu (4th International Hamza Nigârî Symposium on Turkey-Azerbaijan Relations on the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic of Azerbaijan).
- "Nakîbüleşrâf", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/nakibulesraf