AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · İKİNCİ FASIL

Bayrâm Dede — Şeyh Nusretzâde el-Hâc

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 398 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Amasya Mevlevîhânesi şeyhi Cemâleddîn Habîb Çelebi bin eş-Şeyh Nusreddîn ez-Zilevî mahdûmudur. Pederinden ulûm-i şer’iyye ve me’ârif-i sûfiyyeyi ve Farisiyyeyi ahz ve ta’lîm edib Müstencid Dede’nin vefâtında Mevlevîhâne şeyhi olduğu hâlde 871 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Urefâ-yı mevleviyyeden idi. Mahdûmu Abdurrahmân Çelebi’dir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of Cemâleddin Habib Çelebi, sheikh of the Amasya Mevlevi lodge, son of Sheikh Nusreddin of Zile. He took and learned the religious sciences, the knowledge of Sufism and Persian from his father; on the death of Müstencid Dede he became sheikh of the Mevlevi lodge and, while still holding that post, died around 871 [1466-67]. He was among the Mevlevi masters. His son was Abdurrahman Çelebi.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mahdûm: son
  • ulûm-i şer'iyye: the religious sciences
  • me'ârif-i sûfiyye: the knowledge of Sufism
  • Farisiyye: Persian
  • ahz ve ta'lîm: taking and learning
  • hudûd: vicinity (for a date, "around")
  • urefâ-yı mevleviyye: among the Mevlevi masters, the knowledgeable ones of the path

The Mevlevi Lodge of Amasya

Mevlevism in Amasya was one of the early Mevlevi centres of Anatolia. According to an article based on Hüsameddin's Amasya Tarihi, the first Mevlevi lodge was built in 1314 by Alâeddin Ali Pervane Bey, who also arranged its endowments. This building stood on the bank of the Yeşilırmak near the Hükümet Bridge; in old records it appears as "Mevlevîhâne-i merhum Alâeddin Pervane". The same article lists a series of Mevlevi sheikhs in Amasya from the end of the thirteenth century. In the time of Hacı Şâdgeldi Pasha, Nusretzâde Cemâleddin Ahmed Dede of Zile was sheikh, after him Mehmed Cuî Dede, then Mecdüddin Küpeli Dede. It is stated that Müstencid Dede became sheikh in 1436.

The father of Bayram Dede, the subject of the heading, appears in the text as Cemâleddin Habib Çelebi, son of Nusreddin of Zile. In the article mentioned, however, the sheikh of Şâdgeldi's time is Nusretzâde Cemâleddin Ahmed Dede. Because of the difference between the two names (Habib and Ahmed), it is unclear whether they are the same person; that they belong to the same family and the same line of sheikhs is an inference. The text states plainly that Sheikh Nusreddin was from Zile (ez-Zilevî); this attribution suggests that the family came to Amasya from Zile, but there is no document. The text says that Bayram Dede became sheikh on the death of Müstencid Dede. Since Müstencid Dede is stated to have become sheikh in 1436, Bayram Dede's tenure falls in the years after that date; this is an inference, and no exact date is given.

The Lodge in Later Years

According to the same article, in 1567 the sheikh was Ömer Çelebi and then İbrahim Çelebi; during this time there were outbreaks of banditry, and in 1602 the lodge burned. When the grand vizier Bayram Pasha had water brought to his home town of Amasya and fountains built, he also had a Mevlevi lodge built there, assigned seventy akçe a day to its sheikh and endowed sufficient waqfs. Hüsameddin writes that this new lodge stood in the Kocacık quarter on the bank of the Yeşilırmak (see no. 509). No information was found in the sources that were read about Bayram Dede's son Abdurrahman Çelebi or his other relatives. Bayram Dede's own name does not appear in the article on the Amasya lodge that was read.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 398–398. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Other sources

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