Köprülüdür. İbrâhim oğlu olup Amasya’da mukaddimât-ı ulûmu Suruklu el-Hâc Hâfız Ali Efendi’den görüp bir mes’eleden dolayı Amasya’dan tağayyüb ederek Hâdim’e gitdi. Orada Hâdimîzâde Şehîd Ahmed Efendi’den ikmâl-i tahsîl edib avdetle Köprü’de ders-i âm ve Taceddîn Paşa müderrisi [717] oldu. 1231’de kırk yaşında vefât etdi. Fâzıl, ulûm-ı Arâbiyyede kâmil bir zât idi.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Ahmed Efendi, the Madrasa Professor
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 223 • 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 Köprü. He was the son of İbrâhim. In Amasya he learned the basic sciences from Hacı Hâfız Ali Efendi of Suruklu; because of a certain dispute he left Amasya and went to Hâdim. There he completed his studies under Hâdimîzade the Martyr Ahmed Efendi, returned, gave public lectures in Köprü, and became professor at the Taceddin Pasha madrasa. He died in 1231 [1815-16] at the age of forty. He was a man of virtue and accomplished in the Arabic sciences.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mukaddimât-ı ulûm: the basic sciences, the first-stage courses
- mes'ele: a matter, a dispute
- tağayyüb: leaving the place where one is and going away
- ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
- avdet: return
- ders-i âm: a licensed professor who gives public lectures
- fâzıl: virtuous, learned
- ulûm-ı Arâbiyye: the Arabic language sciences (such as morphology and syntax)
A Professor Passed from Teacher to Teacher
The entry shows the course of study of a young scholar in the early nineteenth century: first basic lessons from a local teacher, then leaving the city because of a "matter," completing his license with a teacher elsewhere, and returning home to take up a post at a madrasa. Hüsameddin does not say what the matter was. Hacı Ali Efendi of Suruklu is also mentioned, in entries 733 and 738, as a teacher in Amasya who granted licenses; thus life stories that seem separate meet in the same circle of learning.
No verifiable source other than Hüsameddin could be found for which Köprü is meant, for the location of Hâdim, or for the Taceddin Pasha madrasa. The entry also does not explain why Hâdimîzade Ahmed Efendi is called a "martyr." 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. 223–223. amasya.bel.tr