Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 222 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Merzifonludur. Ulemâdan el-Hâc Ebûbekir Efendi bin eş-Şeyh Ahmed Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Amasya’da Çelebizâde el-Hâc Hüseyin, el-Hâc Evliya Halîl, Ürgüblü el-Hâc Ahmed Efendilerden ikmâl-i tahsîl edib mücâz ve Merzifon’da ders-i âm-ı meşhûr oldu.
Fazîlet-i ilmiyye ve ahlâkiyyesine binâ’en mükerreren Merzifon müftüsü olup 1228 senesi evâ’ilinde vefât etdi. Meşâhîr-i ulemâdan fâzıl, fakîh, kâmil, sâlih, vecîh bir zât idi. Nurizâde Koca Müftü el-Hâc Ahmed Efendi akrânından idi.
He was from Merzifon. He was the son of Hacı Ebubekir Efendi, one of the scholars; Ebubekir Efendi was in turn the son of Şeyh Ahmed Efendi. In Amasya he completed his studies under Çelebizâde Hacı Hüseyin, Hacı Evliya Halil and Hacı Ahmed Efendi of Ürgüp, received an icazet, and became a renowned ders-i âm in Merzifon.
Because of his scholarly and moral excellence he was mufti of Merzifon many times, and he died at the beginning of 1228 [1813]. He was one of the renowned scholars; a learned man, a jurist, mature, pious and respected. Nurizâde Koca Müftü Hacı Ahmed Efendi was among his contemporaries.
The entry is an example showing that Amasya was a centre of learning that trained scholars for the surrounding districts. Ahmed Efendi of Merzifon completed his studies in Amasya under three teachers, then returned to his hometown, where he taught and served as mufti. Of his teachers, Hacı Evliya Halil Efendi and Hacı Ahmed Efendi of Ürgüp are also mentioned as teachers in entries no. 722 and 726. It is not stated whether Çelebizâde Hacı Hüseyin Efendi is the same person as the Hacı Hüseyin Efendi in entry no. 726.
A recent academic study on the madrasa professors of Amasya reports that there were more than forty madrasas in the town. In searches on the muftiship of Merzifon and on Nurizâde Koca Müftü Hacı Ahmed Efendi, no verifiable source was found; the information rests only on this entry. No information on this person was found in other sources.