Ali mahdûmudur. Hıfz-ı Kur’ân etdikten sonra Şeyhü’l-kurrâ Giritli Hâfız el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi’nin telâmizesinden Şeyhü’l-kurrâ Hâfız el-Hâc Yûsuf Efendi’den vücûh-ı kırâ’atı ve ulemâ-yı asrından fünûn-ı muhtelifeyi ahz ü ikmâl ederek mücâz ve ders-i âm oldu.
1147’de Sultân Hâtun Dâru’l-kurrâsı şeyhi olup pek çok hâfız yetiştirdi. Halkın büyük teveccühlerini celb ederek vücûh-ı Kur’ân talîmine hasr-ı evkât ve 1177’de vefât etdi. Halfet Gâzi Kabristanında medfûndur. Âlim, sâlih, mücevvid bir hâdim-i Kur’ân idi. Amasya a’yânından Hacı Bakizâde es-Seyyid el-Hâc Ahmed Ağa bin es-Seyyid el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa da 1177’de vefât etdi.
In Modern English
He is the son of Ali. After memorizing the Qur'an, he learned the modes of recitation from Hâfız Hacı Yûsuf Efendi, Sheikh of the Reciters, one of the students of Giritli Hâfız Hacı Mehmed Efendi, and various sciences from the scholars of the age; having completed them he received a license and began to give public lectures.
In 1147 [1734-35] he became sheikh of the Sultan Hatun Dârülkurrâ and trained a great number of hafizes. Attracting great public interest, he devoted all his time to teaching the modes of the Qur'an, and died in 1177 [1763-64]. He is buried in the Halfet Gâzi Cemetery. He was a scholar, pious, a servant of the Qur'an who recited in accordance with tajwid. Hacı Bakizâde Seyyid Hacı Ahmed Ağa, son of Seyyid Hacı Mehmed Ağa, of the notables of Amasya, also died in 1177.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- hıfz-ı Kur'ân: memorizing the Qur'an
- şeyhü'l-kurrâ: head of the teachers of recitation, the person with the greatest authority in the science of Qur'an reading
- telâmize: students
- vücûh-ı kırâ'at: the different ways of reciting the Qur'an
- mücâz: one who has received a license, authorized to teach
- dâru'l-kurrâ: a school for Qur'an recitation and training hafizes
- hasr-ı evkât: devoting one's time
- mücevvid: one who recites in accordance with tajwid, by its rules
- hâdim-i Kur'ân: servant of the Qur'an
The Tradition of Hafizship
The entry gives the man's teachers in order: Giritli Hacı Mehmed Efendi, his student Hacı Yûsuf Efendi, and his student Ahmed Efendi.
The name Halfet Gâzi, where Ahmed Efendi is buried, also appears in entry 660 as the name of a madrasa and waqf; the relationship between the cemetery and the madrasa is not stated in the text. No information was found in other sources about the Sultan Hatun Dârülkurrâ or about this person.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 204–204. amasya.bel.tr