Amasya’da meşâyih-i kirâmdan Kadızâde eş-Şeyh İmâdeddîn Ömer Çelebi bin Mûsâ Çelebi mahdûmudur. Amasya fuzalâsından ikmâl-i tahsîl edib ders-i âm, müderris-i be-nâm olup 865 sâlinden sonra vefât etdi. Âlim, vâ’iz idi. Mahdûmları Salâhaddîn Mûsâ, Bedreddîn Mahmûd Çelebilerdir. [472]
Amasya a’yânından Sofuzâde Bâyezîd Çelebi bin Mahmûd Çelebi bin Sofu Bâyezîd Çelebi ve diğer Sofuzâde Bâyezîd Çelebi bin Hüseyin Çelebi bin Sofu Bâyezîd Çelebi de bu esnâlarda vefât etdi. Diğer Sofuzâde Bâyezîd Çelebi bin Nişâncı Salâhaddîn Mûsâ Çelebi bin Sofu Bâyezîd Çelebi de Edirne’de meşâhîr-i ümenâdan idi.
In Modern English
He is the son of Mûsâ Çelebi, son of Kadızâde Sheikh İmâdeddîn Ömer Çelebi, one of the respected sheikhs of Amasya. He completed his studies with the scholars of Amasya, gave public lectures and became a renowned müderris; he died after the year 865 [1460-61]. He was a scholar and a preacher. His sons are Salâhaddîn Mûsâ and Bedreddîn Mahmûd Çelebi.
Two notables of Amasya also died around this time: Sofuzâde Bâyezîd Çelebi, son of Mahmûd Çelebi, son of Sofu Bâyezîd Çelebi, and the other Sofuzâde Bâyezîd Çelebi, son of Hüseyin Çelebi, son of Sofu Bâyezîd Çelebi. Yet another Sofuzâde Bâyezîd Çelebi, son of Nişancı Salâhaddîn Mûsâ Çelebi, son of Sofu Bâyezîd Çelebi, was among the well-known trustworthy men of Edirne.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- meşâyih-i kirâm: respected sheikhs
- mahdûm: son
- fuzalâ: scholars, learned men
- ders-i âm: a public lecture open to all
- müderris-i be-nâm: a renowned, well-known müderris
- vâ'iz: preacher
- a'yân: the notables of a town
- nişancı: the divan official who drew the sultan's tughra on decrees
- meşâhîr-i ümenâ: well-known trustworthy men
The Names in the Entry
Four men of the same name appear in the entry: Şeyh İmâdzâde Bâyezîd Çelebi and three Sofuzâde Bâyezîd Çelebis. All three Sofuzâdes are grandsons of Sofu Bâyezîd Çelebi, and their fathers are Mahmûd, Hüseyin and Nişancı Salâhaddîn Mûsâ Çelebi respectively. The repetition of the name can be explained by the custom of giving grandsons the grandfather's name; this is an inference. The text gives Şeyh İmâdzâde's death as after 865 and that of the first two Sofuzâdes as "around this time"; no separate date is given.
These Men in Other Sources
No independent record was found of İmâdeddîn Ömer Çelebi, Mûsâ Çelebi, Sofu Bâyezîd Çelebi or their descendants; the posts and death dates of the named men could not be verified. Amasya is known to have been rich in madrasas and mosques in this period: at the beginning of the sixteenth century the city had nine mosques, ten madrasas, four lodges, six soup kitchens and fifteen baths. This shows the setting in which the scholars of the entry were educated, but gives no information about the men themselves.
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