Amasyalıdır. Gümüşlüzâde Câmii kürsî şeyhi olan Zileli Muharrem Efendizâde eş-Şeyh Abdurrauf Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Amasya’da doğdu. Pederinden ve Sultân Bâyezîd imâmı Gürcü el-Hâc Hasan Efendi’den tahsîl-i ulûm ederek ders-i âm oldu.
Ba’dehû hemşîresi Fatma Molla’nın Gümüşlüzâde Câmii ittisâlinde binâ eylediği medreseye müderris oldu. Pederinin vefâtından sonra bir meseleden gücenip müderrisliği ve Amasya’yı terk ederek cânib-i Hicâz’a gitdi. Ba’de’l-hâc Medine-i münevverede mücâvir oldu.
Harem-i şerîf-i Nebevî’de tedrîs-i ulûm ve nakl-i hadîs ederek marufiyyet kazandığından 1072’de Medrese-i Murâdiyye müderrisi oldu. Yıllarca tedrîse ve ibâdete muvâzabet [543] ederek 1080 senesi rebîülevvelinde dâr-ı naîme irtihâl etdi. Cennetü’l-bakî’de medfûndur. Kibâr-ı ulemâdan, fâzıl, muhaddis, zâhid, müttakî’ bir zât idi.
In Modern English
He was from Amasya. He was the son of Zileli Muharrem Efendizâde eş-Şeyh Abdurrauf Efendi, who was kürsü sheikh of the Gümüşlüzâde Mosque. He was born in Amasya. Having acquired learning from his father and from Gürcü el-Hâc Hasan Efendi, imam of Sultan Bayezid, he became a müderris giving lectures open to all.
Later he became müderris of the madrasa that his sister Fatma Molla had built adjoining the Gümüşlüzâde Mosque. After his father's death, offended over some matter, he left the müderrisship and Amasya and went to the Hijaz. After the hajj he became a neighbor (mücâvir) in Medina the Illuminated.
Since he gained fame by teaching and transmitting hadith at the Prophet's Mosque, in 1072 he became müderris of the Murâdiyye Madrasa. Continuing for years to teach and worship, in Rebîülevvel 1080 he departed for the abode of immortality. He is buried in Jannat al-Baqi. He was one of the great scholars, a learned man, a hadith scholar, an ascetic and a person of piety.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kürsî şeyhi: sheikh who gives sermons and lessons from the pulpit in a mosque
- ders-i âm: müderris giving lectures open to all
- ittisâl: adjoining, being side by side
- hemşîre: sister
- cânib-i Hicâz: the direction of the Hijaz
- ba'de'l-hac: after the hajj
- mücâvir: person who stays as a neighbor in the holy city
- nakl-i hadîs: transmitting hadith, hadith narration
- muvâzabet: persevering, not neglecting
- dâr-ı naîm: abode of bliss, paradise; here, death
- muhaddis: hadith scholar
- müttakî: one who fears God and is on guard
The Connection with Zileli Muharrem Efendi
The expression "Zileli Muharrem Efendizâde" in the entry brings to mind the famous scholar Zileli Muharrem Efendi, born and living in Zile, of the Şemsiyye branch of the Halvetiyye. According to the TDV, Muharrem Efendi was born in Zile in 910 (1504), died at about a hundred years of age, and his tomb is in Zile; he had four sons and a daughter. The most famous of his sons is Abdülmecid Sivâsî, founder of the Sivâsiyye branch. No son named Abdurrauf is mentioned in the TDV entry. Whether Abdurrauf Efendi was the son, the grandson or a more distant descendant of Muharrem Efendi, or how he came to Amasya, could not be verified in this research. Ahmed Efendi's dying in 1080 (around 1670) falls more than a hundred years after Muharrem Efendi's birth; it can therefore be thought that the word "zâde" expressed not only sonship but a broader line of descent.
The Gümüşlüzâde Mosque
The mosque in the entry is today's Gümüşlü Mosque. According to the city guide of the Amasya Municipality, the mosque was first built in 1326 by Taceddin Mahmud Çelebi and came to be called the Gümüşlü Mosque after the repair had done in 1688 by Gümüşlüzâde İbrahim Bey. The mosque stands today on a small rise opposite the Hükûmet Bridge. Hüsameddin's saying "Gümüşlüzâde Mosque" points to the mosque's taking its name from the family that had the repair done. Whether the madrasa Fatma Molla had built still stands today, and its location, could not be verified in this research.
An Amasyan in Medina
Ahmed Efendi's life is a scholarly journey stretching from Amasya to Medina. Hüsameddin gives information on his müderrisship, his going on the hajj, his teaching at the Prophet's Mosque and his becoming müderris of the Murâdiyye Madrasa in 1072; he adds that he was buried in Jannat al-Baqi. The counterpart of this information in Medina sources could not be found in this research. His teacher Hâc Hasan Efendi, mentioned in the same entry, is also the teacher of Bafralı Ahmed Efendi in entry no. 537.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 170–170. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
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