Amasyalı kudâtdan Abdulhayy Efendi bin Ali Çelebi mahdûmudur. Ba’de’t-tahsîl Amasya’da müderris, kadı olarak devr-i bilâd edib 967 sâline doğru vefât etdi. [259] Mahdûmu Alâeddîn Ali Çelebi de ulemâ ve kudâtdandır.
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Ebûbekir Efendi — Kadızâde
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 87 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He was the son of Abdülhayy Efendi bin Ali Çelebi, one of the judges of Amasya. After completing his studies he became müderris in Amasya, traveled through various cities as judge (kadı), and died around 967 [1559-60]. His son Alâeddîn Ali Çelebi is also among the scholars and judges.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kudât: judges
- mahdûm: son
- ba'de't-tahsîl: after finishing his studies
- devr-i bilâd etmek: to travel from city to city, being appointed in turn, in the judgeship
- ulemâ: scholars, people of learning
A Family of Judges
The nickname "Kadızâde" in the entry's heading means "son of a judge" rather than being a family name. Hüsameddin uses this nickname for many people whose fathers were judges; therefore persons called by the same nickname are not relatives of one another. Indeed, in the book, in the entry of Ebu'l-Kâsım Ahmed Çelebi, son of the judge Ziyâeddîn Mes'ûd, who lived in the ninth [fifteenth] century, another Alâeddîn Ali Çelebi is mentioned who had a mescit built in the Kurşunlu neighborhood. The Alâeddîn Ali Çelebi, son of Ebûbekir Efendi in this entry, is a different person who lived about a century and a half after him.
Ebûbekir Efendi's life fits fully the scholarly order of the age of Süleyman the Lawgiver. In this period the passage from professorship to the judgeship was tied to a system called mülâzemet, and this system matured with new rules during Ebussuud Efendi's tenure as kazasker and şeyhülislam. The hierarchy of the madrasas was also rearranged, and the Süleymaniye madrasas were placed above the Sahn madrasas. Ebûbekir Efendi, who after teaching in a madrasa in Amasya passed to the path of the judgeship and died after serving in many cities, is a typical example of the scholars who were trained in the provinces and rose within this order.
No information was found in other sources on Ebûbekir Efendi, on his father Abdülhayy Efendi, or on his son Alâeddîn Ali Çelebi.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 87. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, vol. 6, entry "Ebu'l-Kâsım Ahmed Çelebi-Kadızâde".
Other sources
- Yasemin Beyazıt, "XVI. Yüzyıl Osmanlı İlmiyye Kanûnnâmeleri ve Medrese Eğitimi", article, 2014 (isamveri.org/pdfdrg/D00137/2014_283/2014_283_BEYAZITY.pdf).