Kırımlıdır. Es-Seyyid Hasan bin Ali oğludur. Kırım’da tahsîl-i ulûm edib 1188’de Amasya’ya hicret ve bir müddet neşr-i ma’ârife himmet etdi. Sonra Mîrâhûr köyüne imâm olup orada bir müddet oturdu. 1212’de terk-i imâmet edib şehre geldi. [714] Va’z ü tezkîr eylemiş olup 1218’de kitaplarını Osmân Fâik Efendi kütübhanesine vakf ve 1225’de vefât etdi. Ulemâdan, vâ’iz, müttakî bir zât idi. Oğlu es-Seyyid el-Hâc Mustafa Efendi’ye ve evlâdına “Tatar İmâmoğulları” dendi. Ahfadından Arpacı Seyyid Ahmed Ağazâde Mustafa Yahyâ Efendi pek yüksek mühendislerdendir.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Ahmed Efendi-Tatar İmâm es-Seyyid
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 221–222 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He was from Crimea. He was the son of Seyyid Hasan, who was the son of Ali. Having studied in Crimea, he migrated to Amasya in 1188 [1774-75] and for a time worked to spread learning. Then he became imam of the village of Mirahor and lived there for a time. In 1212 [1797-98] he left the imamate and came to the town. He preached and gave counsel; in 1218 [1803-04] he endowed his books to the Library of Osman Faik Efendi, and he died in 1225 [1810]. He was one of the scholars, a preacher and a pious man. His son Seyyid Hacı Mustafa Efendi and his children were called "Tatar İmamoğulları". Among his grandsons, Arpacı Seyyid Ahmed Ağazâde Mustafa Yahya Efendi is one of the highest engineers.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- tahsîl-i ulûm: studying, acquiring learning
- hicret: migrating from one's homeland
- neşr-i ma'ârif: spreading knowledge
- terk-i imâmet: leaving the imamate
- va'z ü tezkîr: preaching and giving counsel
- vakf: permanently donating property or a book to charity
- müttakî: one who fears God, pious
- ahfâd: grandsons, later generations
The Scholar from Crimea
Hüsameddin reports that this man came from Crimea to Amasya in 1188. The political situation of Crimea in those years and the reason the migration was directed to Amasya are not stated in the entry; in the sources searched, no verifiable information was found on this migration to Amasya or on the village of Mirahor. For this reason no comment is made on the reasons for the man's migration.
The entry briefly shows the course an immigrant scholar followed in a new place: first spreading learning, then serving as imam in a village, then returning to the town to preach. His endowing his books to a library also shows that the Library of Osman Faik Efendi was receiving donations in those years; no further verifiable information was found on this library. The continuation of the family was known as "Tatar İmamoğulları", and one grandson became an engineer. Hüsameddin gives this grandson's name at length, but there is no other information about his engineering. No information on this person was found in other sources.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 221–222. amasya.bel.tr