AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar

Arz-ı Şükrân (Note of Thanks)

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 4, p. 535–536 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Hicabi GÜLGEN

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Muharriri

İstanbul Evkaf Müdîriyetinde Kuyûd-ı Vakfiye-i Arabî mütercimi

Amasyalı Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn
Her hakkı mahfuzdur
İstanbul – Necm-i İstikbâl Matbaası

1928

Amasya Târihi, işbu dördüncü cildinin tab‘ı husûsunda vatanın ve Büyük Türk Milleti’nin târih irfânına kadar şinâsâne himmetleri sebk eden Amasya Vâlî-i vâlâ-şânı pek muhterem Fâik Bey Efendi Hazretleri’yle riyâset-i celîlelerinde müteşekkil Vilâyet Encümen Dâimiyyesi âzâ-yı kirâmından fezâil-i ilmiyye ve ahlâkiyyesiyle meşhûr Şirvânî Bahâeddîn Efendi Hazretleri’ne ve refîkâ-yı kirâmına arz-ı şükrân eder. [3]

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

Author

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn of Amasya, translator of Arabic waqf records at the Istanbul Directorate of Pious Foundations

All rights reserved
Istanbul – Necm-i İstikbâl Press

1928

For the printing of this fourth volume of the History of Amasya, the author offers his thanks to the exalted Governor of Amasya, the much-respected Fâik Bey Efendi, who showed an appreciative zeal for the knowledge of history of the homeland and of the Great Turkish Nation; to Şirvânî Bahâeddîn Efendi, a worthy member of the Provincial Permanent Council formed under his chairmanship and known for his superiority in learning and morals; and to his esteemed colleagues.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • muharrir: author
  • mahfuzdur: is reserved, is protected
  • Kuyûd-ı Vakfiye-i Arabî mütercimi: the official who translated waqf records written in Arabic into Turkish
  • tab‘: printing
  • vâlî-i vâlâ-şân: exalted governor
  • Vilâyet Encümen-i Dâimîsi: the provincial permanent council; a board chaired by the governor, made up of elected and appointed members who oversaw provincial administration
  • âzâ-yı kirâm: esteemed members
  • fezâil-i ilmiyye ve ahlâkiyye: excellence in learning and morals
  • refîk: colleague
  • arz-ı şükrân: to offer thanks

The Printing of the Fourth Volume

The fourth volume of Amasya Tarihi was printed in 1928, like the earlier ones, in Istanbul at the Necm-i İstikbâl Press. A study on the printing of Hüsameddin's books states that this edition was supported by the Governor of Amasya, Fâik Bey, and by Şirvanlı Bahaeddin Efendi, a member of the provincial council, together with his colleagues. This page is the author's formal note of thanks for that support. For the printing of the third volume (1927), by contrast, the contributions of Hilmi Bey, an earlier governor of Amasya, İsmail Hakkı Bey, then the deputy for Amasya, and the members of the provincial council were mentioned.

According to encyclopedic information, the only parts that could be published are the first four volumes and the "remainder" (bakiyye) of the fourth volume, printed in 1935. Of the work, which was prepared in twelve volumes, the fifth volume is lost, and the seven volumes from the sixth to the twelfth were purchased by the Municipality of Amasya for publication. The fourth volume, in which this page appears, is devoted, according to the sources, to the lives of people connected with Amasya, namely the scholars and sheikhs who grew up in Amasya and the governors who came to the city between 1017 (1608) and 1099 (1688) in the Hijri calendar.

What the Name Şirvânî Tells Us

"Şirvânî" in the name of the person thanked indicates a connection with the Shirvan region of Azerbaijan. Because of the large number of scholars who came from this region, and because İsmail Siraceddin Şirvânî, a great scholar of the Caucasus, lived in Amasya, the name "Şirvânî" came to be used in Amasya as a general name for people from there. Hüsameddin wrote the life stories of these people one by one in his work. No further detail was found on which family Bahâeddin Efendi came from.

About the Author

Hüseyin Hüsâmeddin was born in Amasya in the Çeribaşı neighborhood in November 1869 and died in Istanbul on 10 February 1939. His last post, as he also introduces himself on this page, was translator of old waqf records at the Evkaf Nezareti (Ministry of Pious Foundations). While encyclopedic assessments stress the value of his work, they also note that his failure to cite his sources in most cases has raised doubts about its scholarly reliability.

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