Amasya kudâtından el-Hâc Abdurrahman Efendi bin el-Hâc Hâfız Ali Efendi bin Hıfzı Abdurrahman Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Amcası Hâfız el-Hâc Osmân Fa’ik Efendi’den ikmâl-i tahsîl edib ders-i âm, Torumtay müderrisi, ba’dehû kadı oldu. 1176’da müderrisliği üstâdının mahdûmu ve dâmâdı olan es-Seyyid el-Hâc Abdülganî Efendi’ye kasr-ı yed edib, 1179 senesi evâ’ilinde vefât etdi. Ulemâ-i kudâtdan idi.
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Ahmed Efendi — Hıfzızâde es-Seyyid el-Hâc
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 205 • 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 is the son of Hacı Abdurrahman Efendi, one of the judges of Amasya, the grandson of Hacı Hâfız Ali Efendi, and the great-grandson of Hıfzı Abdurrahman Efendi. After completing his studies under his uncle Hâfız Hacı Osman Fa'ik Efendi he began giving public lectures, became professor of the Torumtay Madrasa and afterwards a judge. In 1176 [1762-63] he withdrew, leaving the professorship to Seyyid Hacı Abdülganî Efendi, his teacher's son and son-in-law, and died in early 1179 [1765-66]. He was one of the scholar-judges.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kudât: judges
- mahdûm: son
- ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
- ders-i âm: a professor who gives public lectures
- ba'dehû: afterwards
- kasr-ı yed: withdrawing one's hand, leaving a post
- evâ'il: the beginning, the first days
- ulemâ-i kudât: scholars who served as judges
The Hıfzızâde Family
The name "Hıfzızâde" in the entry works like the family's nickname: his grandfather is Hıfzı Abdurrahman Efendi and his uncle Hâfız Hacı Osman Fa'ik Efendi. Osman Fa'ik Efendi appears in entries 660 and 663 as Amasya's renowned hadith scholar and the teacher of a great number of students. Among those who studied under the same teacher, besides Ahmed Efendi, are Müftüzâde Ahmed Efendi and Karamânî Ahmed Efendi; these relationships, as Hüsameddin relates them, show the circle of students gathered around a teacher in Amasya's scholarly life.
His leaving the professorship is also noteworthy: in 1176 he handed the post to his teacher's son and son-in-law, Abdülganî Efendi. Entry 660 also describes, in the same year, 1176, a professor leaving his teaching post to his son and son-in-law; it is seen that teaching posts in this period were handed on within the family and to sons-in-law as well. No information was found in other sources about the Torumtay Madrasa or about this person.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 205–205. amasya.bel.tr