Samsun dâhilinde Kavak nahiyesinden Ali’nin oğludur. Amasya’da Mehmed Paşa Medresesinde ikâmetle Şeyhzâde el-Hâc Abdullah Vecîh Efendi’den ikmâl-ı tahsîl ederek mücâz ve ders-i âm ve ba’dehû Mehmed Paşa Câmii kürsî şeyhi oldu. 1241 zilka’desinde yeniçeri ocağının ilgâsı vak’asında devlet ve teceddüd taraftarı olup 1244 senesi evâ’ilinde vefât etdi. Âlim, sâlih, vâ’iz-i meşhûr idi.
Hamza Beyzâde el-Hâc Ahmed Ağa bin el-Hâc Ali Ağa [727] bin el-Hâc Hamza Ağa bin Mehmed Bey bin Mîr-livâ Hamza Bey mahdûmudur.
Ceddi Hamza Bey 1194’de Viyana harbinde şehîden vefât etdi. Kendisi Amasya’da hâciyân ve a’yân meclislerine a’zâ olarak 1245 sâline doğru vefât eyledi. A’yân-ı memleketden idi. Birâderi hattât-ı meşhûr Abdullah Hulûsî Efendi’dir.
In Modern English
He was the son of Ali from the Kavak district of Samsun. Staying at the Mehmed Pasha Madrasa in Amasya, he completed his studies under Şeyhzade Hacı Abdullah Vecih Efendi, received a license and gave public lectures; afterwards he became kürsü sheikh of the Mehmed Pasha Mosque. In Zilkade 1241 [1826], at the abolition of the Janissary corps, he sided with the state and renewal; he died in the early part of 1244 [1828-29]. He was a scholar, a pious man and a well-known preacher.
He was the son of Hamza Beyzade Hacı Ahmed Ağa bin Hacı Ali Ağa bin Hacı Hamza Ağa bin Mehmed Bey bin Mîr-livâ Hamza Bey.
His ancestor Hamza Bey died a martyr in the Vienna war in 1194 [1780]. He himself, as a member of the councils of pilgrims and notables in Amasya, died around 1245 [1829-30]. He was one of the notables of the country. His brother is the famous calligrapher Abdullah Hulusi Efendi.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- nâhiye: subdistrict, an administrative unit smaller than a district
- ikâmet: residing, staying
- ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
- mücâz, ders-i âm: licensed, giving public lectures
- kürsî şeyhi: a scholar who lectures and preaches from the lectern
- ilgâ: abolition
- teceddüd: renewal
- vâ'iz: preacher
- mîr-livâ: sanjak governor (sancakbeyi)
- şehîden: as a martyr
- hâciyân: pilgrims
The Kürsü Sheikh and the Abolition of the Janissary Corps
This entry mentions two separate persons together: Ahmed Efendi of Kavak and Hamza Beyzade Hacı Ahmed Ağa. The most striking point in the first one's life is that he sided with the state and renewal in the event of Zilkade 1241. Hüsameddin calls this event "the abolition of the Janissary corps"; in entry 741 the same event is dated to the month of Şevval, and this difference is not explained in the text. During Mahmud II's abolition of the corps, some members of the ulema took part in the preparatory meetings, and Kadızade Mehmed Tahir was made şeyhülislam to prevent the ulema from joining the Janissaries; Ahmed Efendi's stance fits this line, but the text does not state his actual role in the event.
For the second person Hüsameddin writes that his ancestor, Mîr-livâ Hamza Bey, died a martyr in the Vienna war in 1194. The Hijri year 1194 corresponds to 1780 in the Gregorian calendar; the agreement of this date with a war known by the name of Vienna could not be verified in the text or in the sources consulted. That his brother Abdullah Hulusi Efendi was a famous calligrapher is likewise known only from this sentence. No source other than Hüsameddin could be found on Ahmed Efendi of Kavak, Şeyhzade Abdullah Vecih Efendi and the Hamza Beyzade family. No information on these persons was found in other sources.
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