Amasya’da, Bülbül Hâtun Câmii şerîfinin Hatîbi Çavuşlu el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi bin Receb’in mahdûmudur. 1172 rebîülevvelinde pederinin vefâtı ile Hâtunîye Hatîbi ve bade’t-tahsîl câmii mezbûrun [716] kürsî şeyhi ve meclis a’zâsı olduğu halde 1229’da vefât etdi. Ulemâdan idi.
Oğulları es-Seyyid İbrâhim, Ömer, İsmâil Efendilerdir. Bunlardan İsmâil Efendi Hatîb olup 1258’de vefâtı ile mahdûmu es-Seyyid Ahmed Efendi ve bunun da vefâtı ile mahdûmu es-Seyyid İsmâil Efendi Hâtunîye Hatîbi ve Sultân Bâyezîd muvakkidi olduğu halde 1323 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Gür sesli müşekkel bir kimse idi. Mahdûmu Hâfız Mustafa Efendi’dir.
Diğer ulemâdan Dizdarzâde es-Seyyid el-Hâc Ahmed Efendi bin Müftü el-Hâc Hüseyin Efendi de bade’t-tahsîl ders-i âm ve Halfet Gâzi müderrisi ve meclis a’zâsı olduğu halde 1230 senesi hilâlinde vefât etdi.
In Modern English
In Amasya, he was the son of Hacı Mehmed Efendi of Çavuşlu, the son of Receb and preacher (hatip) of the Bülbül Hatun Mosque. In Rabi al-Awwal 1172 [1758-59], on the death of his father, he became preacher of the Hatuniye; after completing his studies, he was kürsü sheikh of the same mosque and a member of the council, and died in 1229 [1814]. He was one of the scholars.
His sons were Seyyid İbrâhim, Ömer and İsmâil Efendi. Of these, İsmâil Efendi became preacher and died in 1258 [1842]; his son Seyyid Ahmed Efendi succeeded him, and on Ahmed's death his son Seyyid İsmâil Efendi, who was preacher of the Hatuniye and timekeeper (muvakkit) of the Sultan Bayezid Mosque, died around 1323 [1905-06]. He was a man of strong voice and orderly manner. His son is Hâfız Mustafa Efendi.
Among other scholars, Dizdarzade Seyyid Hacı Ahmed Efendi, son of the mufti Hacı Hüseyin Efendi, after finishing his studies became a professor giving public lectures, professor at the Halfet Gâzi madrasa, and a member of the council, and died in early 1230 [1814-15].
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- hatîb: the preacher who delivers the sermon, an official attached to a mosque
- bade't-tahsîl: after completing one's studies
- kürsî şeyhi: a scholar who lectures and preaches from the lectern in a mosque
- meclis a'zâsı: member of the city's administrative council
- muvakkit: the official who calculates and announces prayer times
- müşekkel: orderly, well-formed
- ders-i âm: a licensed professor who gives public lectures
- hilâl: the beginning of the month
The Hatuniye Mosque
The Hatuniye Mosque stands on the north bank of the Yeşilırmak and was built by Bülbül Hatun, one of the wives of Bayezid II, together with a primary school (sıbyan mektebi) and a soup kitchen (imaret). It is said to date from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. To its east lies the Enderun Mosque of the Danishmendids and to its west the Yıldız Bath inherited from the Seljuks. The mosque is covered by two small domes and has a five-domed last-prayer portico; the minaret stands on the right and adjoins the mosque. In 1980 an Arabic prayer was written in place of the inscription above the door. The encyclopedia reports that Hüsameddin, in his own work, writes that the school was solid and built of masonry and that in 1300 [1882-83] it was still used for the same purpose.
The entry follows five generations of a family of preachers at the mosque: Mehmed son of Receb, his son Ahmed (the subject of the entry), his son İsmâil, the grandson Ahmed, and finally İsmâil; İsmâil's son Hâfız Mustafa is also mentioned. That the same family also took on the timekeeping post at the Sultan Bayezid mosque shows that preaching and timekeeping were duties that could pass from generation to generation. No source other than Hüsameddin could be found for the names of the preachers and professors in the entry. No other record concerning the Halfet Gâzi madrasa could be verified either.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 222–222. amasya.bel.tr