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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Ahmed Efendi — Tâceddînzâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 178 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya kudâtından Abdulbaki Efendi bin Taceddîn Efendi mahdûmu olup tahsîl-i ulûm ederek silk-i kudâta girdi. Kasâbâtı devrederek 1099 senesi evâilinde vefât etdi. [569] Ulemâ-ı kudâtdan idi.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was the son of Abdülbâkî Efendi, one of the kadıs of Amasya, who was the son of Taceddîn Efendi. Having studied the sciences, he entered the body of kadıs. Handing over his posts in the towns, he died early in 1099 [1687-88]. He was one of the kadı scholars.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • kudât: kadıs
  • tahsîl-i ulûm: acquiring learning, madrasa education
  • silk-i kudât: the class of kadıs, the judicial profession
  • kasabât: towns; here the places where one served as kadı
  • evâil: beginning, the first days
  • ulemâ-ı kudât: scholars who served as kadıs

Entering the Judicial Path

In the Ottoman Empire a kadı was appointed by the sultan's berat; the appointment and transfer procedures of members of the scholarly class were handled by the offices of the kazaskers of Anatolia and Rumelia. A candidate would stay at least three years in mülâzemet, that is, the training period, and after learning the profession would begin service in the district judgeships with the least revenue and the least work. Hüsameddin's saying "he entered the body of kadıs" shows that Ahmed Efendi followed this path. In which districts he served and on what dates is not written.

The expression "handing over the towns" is a hard expression to understand. It can be understood as his leaving to someone else the towns where he served as kadı, that is, leaving his posts; but it may also mean something else.

No information on Abdülbâkî Efendi and Taceddîn Efendi was found in the sources. The name of this family was also not seen among the Amasya waqf and neighborhood names that have survived to the present.

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