Amasya’da Hazreti Pîr İlyâs Halvetî türbedârı eş-Şeyh Ali Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Pederinin 1073’de vefâtı üzerine büyük birâderi Hacı Mehmed Çelebi Hazreti Pir’in evkâfına mütevellî ve sâhib-i terceme de türbedârı oldu.
1098’de birâderinin vefâtına binâ’en Hazreti Pîr’in evkâfına [579] mütevellî ve Gümüşlüoğlu tekkesi şeyhi oldu. 1099’da Gümüşlü Câmii kürsî şeyhi de olup 1103 senesinde vefât etdi. Ulemâ ve sulehâdan bir pîr-i Halvetî idi. Oğulları Nuh, Abdî, Ali Efendilerdir. Abdî Efendi 1139’da Nuh Efendi, 1156’da vefât edib Ali Efendi müstakîllen mütevellî, türbedâr ve şeyh olduğu halde 1163’de vefât etdi.
In Modern English
He was the son of Sheikh Ali Efendi, türbedar of the Halvetî Hazreti Pîr İlyâs in Amasya. When his father died in 1073 [1662-63], his elder brother Hacı Mehmed Çelebi became trustee of the Hazreti Pîr's endowments, and this person, whose biography is being written, became türbedar.
In 1098 [1686-87], on the death of his brother, he became trustee of the Hazreti Pîr's endowments and sheikh of the Gümüşlüoğlu Lodge. In 1099 [1687-88] he also became pulpit sheikh of the Gümüşlü Mosque, and he died in 1103 [1691-92]. He was a Halvetî pîr, among the learned and the virtuous. His sons were Nuh, Abdî and Ali Efendi. When Abdî Efendi died in 1139 [1726-27] and Nuh Efendi in 1156 [1743-44], Ali Efendi remained alone as trustee, türbedar and sheikh, and died in 1163 [1749-50].
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- türbedâr: the official who looks after a tomb and its visitors
- evkâf / mütevellî: endowments / the person who manages an endowment
- sâhib-i terceme: the person whose biography is written
- kürsî şeyhi: a sheikh who gives lessons and sermons from the pulpit in a mosque
- ulemâ ve sulehâ: the learned and the virtuous
- pîr-i Halvetî: a guide of the Halvetî order
- müstakilen: alone, independently
The Tomb of Pîr İlyâs and the Gümüşlüoğlu Lodge
Pîr İlyâs is the sheikh who brought the Halvetî order to Amasya in 1406. The first lodge belonging to the Halvetîs in Amasya is the Gümüşlüoğlu Lodge, also known as Tâciye. The tomb of Pîr İlyâs is within Pirler Park and is also called the Upper Pirler Tomb; it was built in 1486 by Gümüşlüzâde Ahmed Bey, renewed in 1688 by Gümüşlüzâde İbrahim Pasha, and, after being destroyed in the 1895 earthquake, was later rebuilt. In the tomb, besides Pîr İlyâs, are the graves of his son-in-law Pîr Celâleddin Abdurrahman, his grandson Pîr Hayreddin Hızır Çelebi, and their families.
In a study of Halvetî lodges, when the sheikhs of the Gümüşlüoğlu Lodge are listed, it is written that Ali Çelebi died in 1073 [1663] and el-Hâc Mehmed Çelebi in 1099 [1688]. These two agree with the father and elder brother Hüsameddin gives; but Mehmed Çelebi's death is 1098 in Hüsameddin, so there is a difference of one year. The same list names, after Mehmed Çelebi, Mustafa Efendi (d. 1114/1702) directly, and does not include Ahmed Efendi's name. This silence does not deny Ahmed Efendi's sheikhdom; it only shows that the list does not count him.
The Gümüşlü Mosque
The Gümüşlü Mosque stands on the rise opposite the Government Bridge; it was built in 1326, destroyed in the earthquake of 1419, rebuilt in 1491 by the order of Defterdar Mahmut Bey, and repaired after fire damage in 1612. The repair in 1688 was had made by Gümüşlüzâde İbrahim Bey, and the mosque was given its present name after this repair. Ahmed Efendi's becoming pulpit sheikh of this mosque in 1099 [1687-88] falls in the same period as the year 1688 when the name was given to the mosque and the building was repaired (the year 1099 covers the span between November 1687 and October 1688). Hüsameddin draws no connection between these two events, and neither do the sources.
No information was found in other sources on Ahmed Efendi's sons Nuh, Abdî and Ali Efendi.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 180–181. amasya.bel.tr
Official sources
Books
- Kadir Özköse, "Amasya'da Bulunan Halvetiyye Tekkeleri", Akademiar, issue 5, December 2018, p. 91–118 (Gümüşlüoğlu Lodge section, p. 101-102).