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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Ahmed Efendi, Müftüzâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 155 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya Müftüsü iken 1009’da vefât eden Tâceddîn Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Amasya ulemâsından tahsîl-i ulûm edib ders-i âm oldu. Ba’dehû Amasya medreselerine müderris, sonra kadı olup terfî’en Amasya, Karahisâr-ı Şarkî, Sivas gibi bilâda kadı ve bu esnada İstanbul müderrisiliği rü’ûsünü alıp silsile-i ulemâya dâhil oldu. [490]

Hâce-i sultânî Amasyalı Ömer Efendi’nin sâye-i ikbâlinde Erzurûm kadısı olup 1031 senesi evâhirinde ma’zûlen Amasya’ya geldi. Sene-i mezbûre zilhiccesinde Mehmed Paşa Medresesiyle mütekâ’id olup 1035 senesi zilka’desinde vefât etdi. Zâviyesinde medfûndur.

Âlim, şâir, edîb, derviş meşreb, muhibb-i sûfiyye idi. Amasya’da bir zâviye yaptırıp emlâkini bu hayrâtına vakfetdi. Bu zâviye “Müftüzâde Tekkesi” demekle meşhûr oldu.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was the son of Tâceddîn Efendi, who died in 1009 [1600-01] while mufti of Amasya. Having studied under the scholars of Amasya, he became dersiâm. Then he became müderris in the madrasas of Amasya and afterwards judge; rising, he served as judge in cities such as Amasya, Karahisâr-ı Şarkî (Şebinkarahisar), and Sivas, and meanwhile, receiving the rank of müderris of Istanbul, he entered the chain of the learned profession.

Through the patronage of the sultan's teacher Ömer Efendi of Amasya he became judge of Erzurum and, dismissed from office, came to Amasya at the end of 1031 [1622]. In Dhu al-Hijjah of the same year he retired with the müderrisship of the Mehmed Pasha Madrasa, and he died in Dhu al-Qa'dah 1035 [July-August 1626]. He is buried in his own zaviye.

He was a scholar, a poet, a man of letters, of a dervish nature and a lover of the Sufis. In Amasya he had a zaviye built and endowed his properties to this charitable institution. This zaviye became known by the name "Müftüzâde Tekke."

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • terfî'en: rising, being promoted
  • rü'ûs: the patent showing the rank of müderris
  • silsile-i ulemâ: the official chain of ranks of the learned class (ilmiye)
  • hâce-i sultânî: the sultan's teacher
  • sâye-i ikbâl: the shadow of someone's standing, his patronage
  • mütekâ'id: retired
  • derviş meşreb: of a dervish disposition, unassuming
  • muhibb-i sûfiyye: a lover of the people of Sufism

The Müftüzâde (Müftüoğlu) Lodge

Kadir Özköse, who studied the tariqa buildings in Amasya, writes that the Müftüoğlu Lodge was built in 1012 [1603] by "the mufti of Amasya, Tâceddin Efendizâde Ahmed Efendi," that it burned in 1099 [1688], and that its site is therefore unknown today. According to Hüsameddin, the one who served as mufti is Ahmed Efendi's father Tâceddîn Efendi; the epithet "mufti" in the researcher's wording must come from the family's epithet "Müftüzâde." According to the same study, Hüsameddin in his section on lodges says with hesitation that this zaviye belonged to the Khalwatis, but names as its sheikhs Ali Efendi, a successor (halife) of Aziz Mahmud Hüdâyî, and after him Mustafa, Ramazan, and Yakub Efendis. According to this it is understood that the lodge was run by Celveti sheikhs. Hüsameddin's description of Ahmed Efendi as "of a dervish disposition, a friend of the Sufis" agrees with this picture.

Hoca Ömer Efendi and 1622

Ömer Efendi of Amasya, who brought Ahmed Efendi to Erzurum, had been Osman II's teacher since his princehood. According to what Murat Akgündüz relates, the young sultan, by a decree dated 16 Rajab 1027 (9 July 1618), made his teacher Ömer Efendi the sole authority in learned-class appointments, leaving to Şeyhülislam Esad Efendi only the duty of fatwa. Ömer Efendi had also been given the rank of şeyhülislam. In the uprising that began on 8 Rajab 1031 (19 May 1622) and ended with the killing of Osman II, one of the first demands of the rebels was Ömer Efendi's execution. Ahmed Efendi's being dismissed at the end of 1031 and returning to Amasya falls in the same months as his patron's loss of influence in these events; Hüsameddin does not make this connection openly, but the dates fit each other. Akgündüz records that Ömer Efendi died in 1630.

The Mehmed Pasha Madrasa

The madrasa whose müderrisship he received on retirement is part of the complex founded on the bank of the Yeşilırmak by Hızır Paşazâde Mehmed Pasha (d. 900/1495), vizier of Bayezid II and lala of Prince Ahmed. According to its inscription the mosque of the complex was completed in Muharram 891 (January 1486). The madrasa and the imaret burned and were destroyed; today only the mosque and the tomb are standing.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 155–155. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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