Amasya’nın İnepazar nâhiyesi köylerinden Efteli Halîl’in oğludur. Amasya fuzalâsından İkincizâde Abdullah sânî, Mütevellîzâde el-Hâc Ahmed Efendilerden ikmâl-i tahsîl edib yıllarca ders-i âm oldu. 1136’da dersiyye-i Muzaffer Paşa bin Ali Bey’e mevkûf olan Targullı Mâlikânesi mutasarrıfı oldu.
1143’de müftülüğe nasbı mukarrer iken kabûl etmedi. Dersiyyesiyle iştigâl edib 1146 senesi saferinin evâsıtında vefât etdi. Kibâr-ı ulemâdan, vakûr, müteverri’, usûl-i fıkıh ve kelâmda mâhir, müte’abbid bir zât idi.
Kibâr-ı ulemâdan mahdûmu es-Seyyid el-Hâc Abdullah Efendi mezkûr dersiye mutasarrıfı olup 1206’da vefâtıyla mahdûmu es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi ve 1220 recebinde vefâtına binâen oğulları es-Seyyid Ahmed Sa’deddîn, Ebûbekir, Mustafa Efendiler dersiyye-i [274] mezkûreye mutasarrıf oldular.
Es-Seyyid Ahmed Sa’deddîn Efendi 1247’de vefâtıyla oğulları es-Seyyid Ömer, Mahmûd, Mehmed, Osmân Efendiler ve es-Seyyid Ebûbekir Efendi de 1239 cumâdelûlâsında vefâtıyla oğulları es-Seyyid Ahmed, Ali Efendiler ve 1259’da es-Seyyid Ahmed Efendi’nin vefâtıyla birâderi es-Seyyid Ali Efendi dersiye mutasarrıfı oldular.
Efteli Hacı Ebûbekir Efendi’nin dayısı Efteli Ömer Ağa Amasya’da Dayı Ömer Ağa demekle meşhûr olduğundan oğlu el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa ve bunun mahdûmu olan yeniçeri ağası vezîr Süleyman Paşa “Dayıoğlu” demekle meşhûr idiler.
In Modern English
He was the son of Efteli Halîl, from the villages of the İnepazar nahiye of Amasya. He completed his studies under the virtuous Amasya scholars İkincizâde the second Abdullah Efendi and Mütevellîzâde Hacı Ahmed Efendi, and for years served as ders-i âm. In 1136 [1723-24] the tasarruf of the Targullı Mâlikâne, which had been attached to the teaching waqf of Muzaffer Pasha bin Ali Bey, was given to him.
In 1143 [1730-31], when his appointment to the muftiship had been decided, he did not accept it. Occupying himself with the duties of the teaching waqf, he died in mid-Safer 1146 [July 1733]. He was one of the great scholars, a dignified man who avoided the forbidden, a master of the principles of jurisprudence and of kalam, who gave himself to worship.
His son, the great scholar Seyyid Hacı Abdullah Efendi, became the holder of this teaching waqf. On his death in 1206 [1791-92] his son Seyyid Mehmed Efendi, and on Mehmed Efendi's death in Receb 1220 [September-October 1805] his sons Seyyid Ahmed Sa'deddîn, Ebûbekir and Mustafa Efendis, became holders of this teaching waqf.
When Seyyid Ahmed Sa'deddîn Efendi died in 1247 [1831-32], his sons Seyyid Ömer, Mahmûd, Mehmed and Osmân Efendis; when Seyyid Ebûbekir Efendi died in Cemâziyelevvel 1239 [January-February 1824], his sons Seyyid Ahmed and Ali Efendis; and on the death of Seyyid Ahmed Efendi in 1259 [1843], his brother Seyyid Ali Efendi became holders of this teaching waqf.
Because Efteli Hacı Ebûbekir Efendi's maternal uncle Efteli Ömer Ağa was known at Amasya as "Dayı Ömer Ağa," his son Hacı Mehmed Ağa and Mehmed Ağa's son, the janissary ağa and vizier Süleyman Pasha, were called "Dayıoğlu."
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- fuzalâ: virtuous persons, scholars
- sânî: second (the second person bearing the same name)
- dersiyye: waqf income allotted to a müderris in return for teaching
- mevkûf: endowed, attached to a waqf
- mâlikâne: a tax source or land whose revenue was left to a person for life
- mutasarrıf: (here) one who holds the right of use of an income or property
- nasb: appointment; mukarrer: decided
- iştigâl: occupying oneself
- evâsıt: the middle days (of a month)
- kibâr-ı ulemâ: great scholars
- vakûr: dignified; müteverri': one who avoids the forbidden and the doubtful; müte'abbid: one who gives himself to worship
- usûl-i fıkıh: the methodological science of Islamic law; kelâm: the science that examines the principles of belief with rational proofs
İnepazar and Efte
The nahiye that Hüsameddin calls "İnepazar" is today the area around the village of Ezinepazar in the central district of Amasya. The settlement's name appears in records of 1602 as Ezinepazarı, meaning "Friday market." Ezinepazar became a municipality in 1987 and, when its population fell below 2,000, returned to village status in 2013; it is about 38 kilometres from the town centre.
The family's nickname "Efteli," on the other hand, points to a village called Efte. In the table Bekir Başalan prepared on settlements whose names were changed in Amasya, the old name of Sarımeşe village in the central district today is given as "Efte." It is highly probable that the village of Efte mentioned by Hüsameddin is today's Sarımeşe; but whether this village belonged to the İnepazar nahiye in the Ottoman period could not be verified from the sources read. In Hüsameddin's annals the name "Efteli Mustafa Ağa," one of the dergâh çavuşes who held a timar in the Geldiklan nahiye in the first quarter of the seventeenth century, also appears; it is understood that the nickname Efteli was known at Amasya in earlier generations too.
A Hundred Years of a Teaching Waqf
The most noteworthy aspect of the entry is that it shows, step by step, how a teaching waqf (dersiye) changed hands within the same family over more than a hundred years. The income of the Targullı Mâlikâne that Ebûbekir Efendi took into his tasarruf in 1136 [1723-24] passed to his son Abdullah Efendi, from him to his grandson Mehmed Efendi, from him to three great-grandchildren, and finally in 1259 [1843] to Seyyid Ali Efendi. No information was found in the sources read on what name the Targullı mâlikâne, the source of the income, is known by today or on who the waqf's founder Muzaffer Pasha bin Ali Bey was.
It is also seen in the entry that the family is referred to by the title "seyyid." While Ebûbekir Efendi himself does not bear this title, his son appears as "es-Seyyid el-Hâc Abdullah Efendi"; whether the title came through the maternal side or was acquired later cannot be understood from the entry.
His Refusal of the Muftiship in 1143
The year 1143 [1730-31], in which Ebûbekir Efendi did not accept the muftiship, was a turbulent year for Amasya. According to Hüsameddin's annals, a fight that broke out at the end of the previous year between supporters of the chief âyan of the town, Gürcüzâde Hacı İbrâhim Bey, and of Helvâcı Hacı İsmâil Ağa had led to a great fire and loss of life, and to investigate the event first the new mutasarrıf Selîm Pasha and then Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Abdullah Pasha came to Amasya. In Rebîülevvel of the same year the mufti Şeyh Mustafa Efendi was dismissed on the ground that he was "taking sides," and the former mufti Çorumlu Hâfız Mehmed Efendi was brought in his place; when Çorumlu Mehmed Efendi died at the beginning of Cemâziyelâhir, Tokatlı Şeyh Mustafa Efendi became mufti again. It is probable that the muftiship offered to Ebûbekir Efendi coincided with one of these changes; but this link is not explicitly made in the source.
Dayıoğlu Süleyman Pasha
The nickname "Dayıoğlu" mentioned at the end of the entry comes from Ebûbekir Efendi's maternal uncle Efteli Ömer Ağa: because Ömer Ağa was known in the town as "Dayı Ömer Ağa," his descendants were called "Dayıoğlu." Süleyman Pasha, the best-known member of the family, appears in several places in Hüsameddin's annals. First he is mentioned as "Dayıoğlu Süleyman," going to war among the janissary serdars of Amasya; then it is said "Dayıoğlu Süleyman Ağa of Amasya had become janissary ağa." After being dismissed from the janissary ağalık he became guardian of Khotyn with the rank of beylerbeyi of Rumeli, and later, when a Russian war was opened, he was sent to war with the rank of vizier. No further information about Süleyman Pasha was found in other sources.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 91. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 4 (events of the years 1142-1143 and of the second half of the eighteenth century).
Academic studies
- Bekir Başalan, "Amasya İlinde İsimleri Değiştirilen Yerleşim Yeri Adları Üzerine Bir İnceleme", Folklor Akademi Dergisi, 7/3 (2024), pp. 1382-1391.
Other sources
- "Ezinepazar" entry (tr.wikipedia.org).