Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 209 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Amasya eşrâfından Abdullah Efendi bin el-Hâc Hâfız Ali Efendi bin Hıfzı Abdurrahman Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Bade’t-tahsîl 1169’da Halfet Gâzi müderrisi, müte’âkiben vakfı mütevellîsi olarak ta’ayyün etdi. Meclislere azâ oldu.
1176’da tevliyeti mahdûmu es-Seyyid Abdullah Efendi’ye ve 1189’da tedrîsi de diğer mahdûmu es-Seyyid Mahmûd Efendi’ye kasr-ı yed ü ferâgât edib 1190’da vefât etdi. A’yân-ı ulemâdan, natûk, cerbezeli, hânedân idi. [670]
He was the son of Abdullah Efendi, of the notables of Amasya; Abdullah Efendi was the son of Hacı Hâfız Ali Efendi, who was the son of Hıfzı Abdurrahman Efendi. After completing his studies he was appointed in 1169 [1755-56] as professor (müderris) of the Halfet Gazi Madrasa and then as steward (mütevelli) of this waqf. He became a member of the councils.
In 1176 [1762-63] he handed the administration of the waqf to his son Seyyid Abdullah Efendi, and in 1189 [1775-76] he handed the professorship to his other son Seyyid Mahmud Efendi and withdrew; he died in 1190 [1776-77]. He was one of the leading scholars, eloquent, intelligent, and from a noble family.
The name popularly pronounced Hilfet Gazi is in fact Halîfet Gazi. The complex stands today in Torumtay Street in the Şamice Quarter in the center of Amasya. The madrasa, which the inscription shows was built in 606 [1209-10], is partly standing, with its south wall and east section. After the earthquake of 1647 the professor Hasan Efendi had the collapsed parts rebuilt in wood, and in 1888 the mufti of Amasya, Hacı Osman Hilmi Efendi, had the building repaired from top to bottom. The subject of the text served as professor in this madrasa in 1755-56.
What stands out in the record is that the professorship and the stewardship of the waqf were united in one person and that both were left to his sons: the administration went to one son, the teaching post to the other. The book gives no other details of this waqf.