Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 149 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Amasyalıdır. Yörgüç Paşa Müderrisi iken 970’de vefât eden Fâzıl-ı Cum’a Efendi’nin mahdûm-ı yegânesidir. Amasya ulemâsından tahsîl-i ulûm ederek ders-i âm ve müderris oldu. [467]
Amasya Medreselerini müderrislikle devretdiği esnâda iki defa Amasya nâibi ve ba’dehû kassâm-ı askerî olup sonra kadı oldu.
1006 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Âlim, afîf idi. Mahdûmu mevâlîden Hızır Efendi’dir.
He was a native of Amasya. He was the only son of Fâzıl-ı Cuma Efendi, who died in 970 [1562-63] while müderris of the Yörgüç Pasha Madrasa. He studied under the scholars of Amasya, rose to the rank of müderris, and became a müderris.
While he was making the round of the madrasas of Amasya as müderris, he twice became deputy judge (naib) of Amasya and then military kassam; later he moved into the judgeship.
He died around 1006 [1597-98]. He was a learned and chaste man. His son is Hızır Efendi, one of the senior judges.
Ahmed Efendi's epithet comes from his father. In the previous entry Hüsameddin also mentions "fâzıl-ı cum'a" among the teachers of Sünbül Hoca; thus it is understood that Fâzıl-ı Cuma Efendi was, in the mid-sixteenth century in Amasya, a müderris connected with both the Hızır Pasha and Yörgüç Pasha madrasas who trained students. The origin of the epithet is not clear; it is possible that he was known for his Friday sermons, but there is no record confirming this. No information on Fâzıl-ı Cuma Efendi was found in other sources.
The Yörgüç Pasha Madrasa, where his father was müderris, was part of the Yörgüç Pasha Mosque, one of the oldest Ottoman buildings of Amasya. According to the inscription over the door, the mosque was built by Atabeg Yörgüç Pasha in 834 (1430). It belongs to the group of buildings with tabhane and zaviye; the enclosed section east of the entrance iwan, in which a transition to the dome is made with pendentives, is thought to have been the lecture hall of the madrasa, which has not survived. To its west lies the tomb of Yörgüç Pasha. The mosque standing today may be regarded as the only trace left of the madrasa in which Fâzıl-ı Cuma Efendi taught.
Ahmed Efendi's life follows a path from müderris to judge. He first taught in the madrasas of the city, and during this time twice became naib, that is, deputy, of the judge of Amasya. The military kassamship that followed was a separate office in the Ottoman judicial organisation. Among the Ottomans the kassamship was divided in two: the military kassam, who divided on behalf of the chief military judge the estates of persons belonging to the ruling class, that is, the military class, among the heirs, and the municipal (beledî) kassam, who distributed the estates of the reaya on behalf of the judges of provinces and sanjaks. The military kassams in Anatolia were attached to the chief military judge of Anatolia. During the division they collected the fees called "kısmet-i askeriyye"; this money was kept in the chest of the judgeship and then handed over to the inspector sent by the chief military judge.
In a sanjak like Amasya, where beys and sipahis were numerous, the military kassam's work can be supposed to have been considerable. After this office Ahmed Efendi moved to the judgeship; Hüsameddin does not state in which kazas he served as judge. That his son Hızır Efendi is counted among the "mevâlî," that is, the group of senior judges, also shows that the family rose within the learned profession (ilmiye). No information on Ahmed Efendi and his son was found in other sources.
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