[737] Çarşambalı Ali oğludur. Fuzalâdan Müftüzâde Canikli el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi’den ikmâl-i tahsîl edib ders-i âm oldu. Fazîlet-i ilmiyyesi zâhir olarak iştihâr edib 1262’de meclis-i de’âvâ a’zâsı olduğu halde 1265 senesi evâ’ilinde vefât etdi. Meşâhîr-i ulemâdan fâzıl, fıkıh ve usûle, hadîs ve tefsîre gâyet vâkıf mütekellim bir zât idi.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Ahmed Efendi, Çarşambalı el-Hâc
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 229 • 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
He was the son of Ali of Çarşamba. He completed his studies under the learned Müftüzade Caniklili Hacı Mehmed Efendi and gave public lessons. His scholarly distinction became evident and he gained fame; while a member of the council of lawsuits in 1262 [1845-46], he died in the early part of the year 1265 [1848-49]. He was one of the well-known scholars, a learned man, thoroughly versed in jurisprudence and its methodology, in hadith and in Qur'anic commentary, and effective in speech.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- fuzalâ: learned people
- ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
- ders-i âm: the title of a madrasa professor authorised to give public lessons in mosques
- fazîlet-i ilmiyye: distinction in learning
- meclis-i de'âvâ: the council that heard lawsuits
- evâ'il: the beginning, the first days
- fıkıh, usûl, hadîs, tefsir: Islamic jurisprudence, its methodology, the science of the sayings and conduct of the Prophet, Qur'anic commentary
- mütekellim: one who speaks, effective in speech; as a term it can also mean a scholar of kalam, and it is not clear in the text which is meant
His Teacher
Müftüzade Caniklili Hacı Mehmed Efendi, named as Ahmed Efendi's teacher, appears as the mufti of Amasya in other entries of this book. On the following pages "the former mufti of Amasya, Canikli Hacı Mehmed Efendi" is named as the father of Ahmed Efendi-Caniklizâde, and the same name is among the teachers of Ahmed Efendi-Hacıköylüzâde. It is very likely that Hüsameddin means the same person by these names, but the text does not say so openly. The father of Çarşambalı Ahmed Efendi is named Ali; the text does not say which Çarşamba he was from.
The Council of Lawsuits
The "meclis-i de'âvâ" of which Ahmed Efendi became a member in 1262 [1845-46] is one of the judicial councils set up after the Tanzimat. According to the sources, the establishment in every district of a deâvî council presided over by the sharia judge was regulated by the Provincial Regulation of 7 November 1864; this council, made up of three members, heard cases at first instance. Hüsameddin, however, writes of this council as a membership of people living around 1264-1265, that is, long before the regulation. The difference suggests that the name was used earlier for a more informal council, or that Hüsameddin applied the later-established name to the past; the sources consulted do not explain this distinction, so the interpretation is an inference. No record was found of the founding of this council in Amasya.
In Other Sources
No information on this person was found in other sources.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 229–229. amasya.bel.tr