A’yân-ı sâdâtdan “Emîr Ağa” demekle meşhûr es-Seyyid Mehmed Ağa’nın mahdûmudur. Fâzıl-ı meşhûr Amasya Müftüsü Hızır Efendi’den ikmâl-ı tahsîl edib ders-i âm oldu. Siyâdet-i ilmiyyesi ile de iştihâr edib Ma’kûlzâde İbrâhim Efendi’nin vefâtında mahlûl olan Hızır Paşa Medresesi müderrisi oldu. 1115 zilka’desinin yirmi ikisinde vefât etdi. Ulemâ-yı sâdâtdan bir merd-i sâlih idi. Birâderi es-Seyyid Mustafa Efendi’dir. [592]
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Ahmed Efendi — Emîr Ağazâde es-Seyyid
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 185 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
Our Research Article
Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He was the son of es-Seyyid Mehmed Ağa, known as "Emîr Ağa", one of the notables of the sayyids. Having completed his studies under the famous scholar Hızır Efendi, Mufti of Amasya, he became a teacher of general lectures. Gaining renown also through the scholarly standing that came from his sayyid descent, he became müderris of the Hızır Pasha Madrasa, which had fallen vacant on the death of Ma'kûlzâde İbrâhim Efendi. He died on the twenty-second of Zilkade 1115 [1704]. He was a pious man among the sayyid scholars. His brother is es-Seyyid Mustafa Efendi.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- a'yân-ı sâdât: notable persons among the sayyids, that is, among those descended from the Prophet
- mahdûm: son
- ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
- ders-i âm: teacher of general lectures
- siyâdet-i ilmiyye: sayyid descent and standing in learning
- mahlûl: vacated (post)
- merd-i sâlih: a pious, virtuous man
- birâder: brother
The Hızır Pasha Madrasa and the Emîr Ağa Family
The Hızır Pasha Madrasa, where Ahmed Efendi served as müderris, is mentioned in Hüsameddin's book among the madrasas of Amasya where teaching was carried on. The entry briefly shows how the professorship changed hands: when Ma'kûlzâde İbrâhim Efendi died, the madrasa's post fell vacant and Ahmed Efendi was appointed to it. The date of appointment is not in the entry; the date of death is the twenty-second of Zilkade 1115.
That the father Mehmed Ağa is called "Emîr Ağa", and that Ahmed Efendi himself is described as "es-Seyyid" and "ulemâ-yı sâdât", shows that the family was among the sayyid families regarded as descended from the Prophet. The name of his teacher, Hızır Efendi, Mufti of Amasya, appears again in the next entry (597) as the teacher of Mufti Ahmed Efendi; it appears that Hızır Efendi trained more than one pupil in Amasya at the end of the seventeenth century. No information was found in other sources on these persons.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 185. amasya.bel.tr