Lâdiklidir. Amasya fuzalâsından Pîrîzâde Hüseyin Efendi’den ikmâl-i tahsîl edib Lâdik’e avdetle ders-i âm oldu. Meziyet-i ilmiyyesi zâhir olduğundan orada Hızır Paşa Medresesi müderrisi, es-Seyyid Kurd Mehmed Efendi’nin 1099’da vefâtı üzerine Hızır Paşa müderrisi oldu.
Orada tedrîs-ı ulûm ederek iştihâr edib 1119’da Itâkî Yûsuf Efendi’nin vefâtıyla Lâdik Müderrisi ve Sarı Bey tekkesi [604] şeyhi oldu dört yıl iftâ ve ibâdetle iştigâl edib 1123 senesi şevvâlinin on ikisinde vefât etdi. Halvetîye meşâyihinden ve meşâhîr-i ulemâdan fakîh, müttakî bir zât idi.
In Modern English
He was from Ladik. After completing his studies under the Amasya scholar Pîrîzade Hüseyin Efendi, he returned to Ladik and gave public lectures. As his superiority in learning became evident, on the death in 1099 [1687-88] of Seyyid Kürd Mehmed Efendi, müderris of the Hızır Pasha Madrasa there, he became müderris of Hızır Pasha.
He gained renown there by teaching. In 1119 [1707-08], on the death of Itâkî Yusuf Efendi, he became müderris of Ladik and sheikh of the Sarı Bey Lodge. After four years of giving fatwas and devoting himself to worship, he died on the twelfth of Şevval 1123 [1711]. He was among the Halvetî sheikhs and the well-known scholars, a man versed in jurisprudence and possessed of piety.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- ders-i âm: a scholar who gives public lectures
- müderris: a madrasa teacher
- tedrîs-i ulûm: teaching the sciences
- iftâ: giving fatwas, answering religious questions
- Halvetîye meşâyihi: the sheikhs of the Halvetî order
- fakîh: a person who knows Islamic law
- müttakî: a person conscious of his responsibility before God, who avoids sin
- meşâhîr-i ulemâ: the well-known scholars
The Hızır Pasha Madrasa and Its Waqf
Hızır Pasha, named in this entry of the book, is one of the builders of Amasya's foundational period. Hızır Paşazade Mehmed Pasha, who built the Mehmed Pasha Complex in Amasya, is his son; Mehmed Pasha is known as a vizier of Bayezid II and as lala of Prince Ahmed, and died in 1495. In the complex's tomb, beside Mehmed Pasha's grave, the first grave belongs to his father Hızır Pasha and the third to the Halvetî sheikh Habib Karamânî.
As for the location in Ladik of the Hızır Pasha Madrasa where the müderris served, and its waqf revenues, some sources say that the lands endowed by Hızır Pasha were also in Ladik; this information could not be verified. No information was found in other sources on the Sarı Bey Lodge or on Ahmed Efendi himself.
Points of Note
Ahmed Efendi's life follows a straight scholarly line. He studied in Amasya, returned to Ladik where he was born, and moved first to a madrasa professorship and then to holding a lodge sheikhship together with the professorship. Hüsâmeddin records his death giving the month and day together with the year.
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