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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Arpacızâdes

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 15 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalılardan birkaç sülâledir. Bunlardan Mevlânâ Nûreddîn Hamza Çelebi meşâhîr-i ulemâdandır. Arpacızâdelikle meşhûrdur. Mahdûmu Mevlânâ Muhyiddîn Mehmed Çelebi’dir. 1079’da vefât eden es-Seyyid İbrâhim Efendi bin Ömer bin Mahmûd da Arpacızâdelikle meşhûrdur. Bunun tercemesi ve evlâdı aşağıda gelir. Diğer Arpacı Ali Ağazâde el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi de ulemâdandır. Eş-Şeyh Osmân Efendi, bunun mahdûmu eş-Şeyh Abdurrahman Efendi ve evlâdı kibar-ı meşâyihdendir. Diğer Arpacı Mustafa Ağazâde el-Hâc Ali Ağa da Amasya a’yânından idi. Bunun mahdûmu el-Hâc Osmân Efendi Amasya erkânındandır. Bunun evlâdı el-yevm Amasya eşrâfındandır.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

They are several families of the people of Amasya. Of these, Mevlânâ Nûreddîn Hamza Çelebi is among the famous scholars. He became known as Arpacızâde. His son is Mevlânâ Muhyiddîn Mehmed Çelebi. Es-Seyyid İbrâhim Efendi son of Ömer son of Mahmûd, who died in 1079 [1668-69], was also known as Arpacızâde. His biography and lineage come below. Another, Arpacı Ali Ağazâde el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi, is also among the scholars. Eş-Şeyh Osmân Efendi, his son eş-Şeyh Abdurrahman Efendi and their line are among the great sheikhs. Another, Arpacı Mustafa Ağazâde el-Hâc Ali Ağa, was one of the ayan of Amasya. His son el-Hâc Osmân Efendi is among the leading men of Amasya. His line today is among the eşraf (notables) of Amasya.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • sülâle: family, lineage
  • meşâhîr-i ulemâ: famous scholars
  • mahdûm: son
  • kibâr-ı meşâyih: great sheikhs
  • a'yân, erkân: the leading men of a city
  • eşrâf: noble, respected people
  • el-yevm: today, the time in which the author lived

Who the Arpacızâdes Are

The entry describes not a single person but several distinct Amasya families known by the name "Arpacızâde". The "arpacı" at the head of the name appears to be a profession-related nickname of the first ancestors of these families; Hüsameddin does not explain it. Since the same nickname recurs in different branches, it is also not known whether there is a direct kinship among them. For this reason Hüsameddin said "several lineages".

The record counts four branches. The first is Nûreddîn Hamza Çelebi, with the epithet scholar, and his son Muhyiddîn Mehmed Çelebi. The second is es-Seyyid İbrâhim Efendi, who died in 1079 [1668-69], and Hüsameddin states that he gives his biography separately. The third is Arpacı Ali Ağazâde el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi together with sheikhs such as Şeyh Osmân Efendi and Abdurrahman Efendi. The fourth, with Arpacı Mustafa Ağazâde el-Hâc Ali Ağa and his son el-Hâc Osmân Efendi, passes into the ayan class. The sentence "His line today is among the eşraf of Amasya" describes the period in which the author lived, that is, the early twentieth century.

Amasya in the Ottoman period was a city known for its madrasas; in 1870 31 madrasas and forty-four müderrises were recorded in the city.

No record was found for Nûreddîn Hamza Çelebi and Muhyiddîn Mehmed Çelebi other than Hüsameddin. In the search results another Nûreddîn Hamza, known by the nickname Üçbaş, is mentioned; this person was born elsewhere and was a scholar who served as müderris at the madrasa of Sultan Bayezid II in Amasya, and no connection of his with the Arpacızâde family can be understood from these records.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 15–15. amasya.bel.tr

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