Amasyalıdır. Amasya Mevlevîhânesi şeyhi Zileli Nusretzâde eş-Şeyh Cemâleddîn Habîb Çelebi mahdûmudur. Amasya’da doğdu. Mevlânâ Hüsâmzâde Celâleddîn Mehmed Çelebi hizmetinde tahsîl-i maârif edib üstâd ve şeyhinin zamân-ı meşîhatinde mesnevîhân oldu.
Çelebi Sultân Mehmed Hân Amasya‘da hükümrân olduğu esnâda Amasya Mevlevîhânesi şeyhi olup eş-Şeyh Cûî Mehmed Çelebi ve Müstencid Dede ile musâhabât-ı sûfîyâne ederek 818 sâlinden sonra vefât etdi. Urefâ-yı mevleviyyedendir. Mahdûmu Taceddîn İbrâhim Çelebi ve birâderi Kemâleddîn Ahmed Çelebi de urefâdandır.
In Modern English
He was from Amasya. He was the son of Sheikh Cemâleddîn Habîb Çelebi, son of Nusret of Zile and sheikh of the Amasya Mevlevi lodge. He was born in Amasya. He studied in the service of Mevlânâ Hüsâmzâde Celâleddîn Mehmed Çelebi and became a mesnevîhan during the time this master and sheikh held the office of sheikh.
While Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Han was ruling in Amasya he was sheikh of the Amasya Mevlevi lodge; he held Sufi conversations with Sheikh Cûî Mehmed Çelebi and Müstencid Dede, and died after the year 818 [1415-16]. He was one of the Mevlevi arifs. His son Tâceddîn İbrâhim Çelebi and his brother Kemâleddîn Ahmed Çelebi were also among the arifs.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- tahsîl-i maârif: studying, education
- mesnevîhan: one who reads and expounds Rumi's Mesnevî
- zamân-ı meşîhat: the period of holding the office of sheikh
- hükümrân olmak: to rule, to hold authority
- musâhabât-ı sûfîyâne: conversations fitting for Sufis, on spiritual states and mysticism
- urefâ-yı mevleviyye: the leading arifs of the Mevlevi order
- Çelebi, Dede: honorifics attached to the names of Mevlevi sheikhs and notables
The Amasya Mevlevi Lodge
The Amasya Mevlevi lodge stood on the bank of the Yeşilırmak near the Hükümet Bridge. In old records it appears as "Mevlevîhâne-i Pervâne." Its deed of endowment was lost in 1661, so its contents were reconstructed from what people who had seen it said; according to this, the building was founded by Alâeddin Pervâne Bey and its endowments were arranged in 1314. The presence of the Mevlevis in Amasya is older than this date. Relying on old documents Hüsameddin saw, it is reported that Veliyüddin Ahmed Dede was Mevlevi sheikh in Amasya in 1276, Alâeddin Ali Dede in 1284 and Celâleddin Mehmed Dede in 1300.
The persons of this entry also appear in the line of sheikhs. In the time of Şadgeldi Pasha, Zileli Nusretzâde Cemâleddin Ahmed Dede headed the lodge, followed by Mehmed Cûî Dede. In later centuries the lodge burned once; in the fire of 1602 the sheikh of the day also died. Bayram Pasha, a former grand vizier, brought water to Amasya at his own expense in 1637 and had a caravanserai and a new Mevlevi lodge built. The building is mentioned for the last time in 1919, when it hosted a meeting held to announce to the people a circular sent by Mustafa Kemal from Havza. It is thought to have been demolished around 1925, when the orders were closed; its site must be the area of today's Yavuz Selim Square.
A Distinction on the Sheikh's Name
Hüsameddin calls Edhem Dede's father Cemâleddîn Habîb Çelebi. A researcher writing on Mevlevism in Amasya, however, records the sheikh of the same period as Zileli Nusretzâde Cemâleddin Ahmed Dede and calls his father Sheikh Nusret; citing Evliya Çelebi, this Nusret is said to have been among the caliphs of Ahmed Yesevî who came from Khorasan with Hacı Bektaş Veli. Whether the two names point to the same person could not be determined in the sources read; although the epithet "Nusretzâde" is shared, the names Habîb and Ahmed stand apart.
Sheikh Cûî and the Village of Yuvacık
Sheikh Cûî Mehmed Çelebi in the text is a Mevlevi sheikh who was held in great respect in Amasya in the time of Şadgeldi Pasha and in the first years of Ottoman rule. In 1414 he left Amasya and had a Mevlevi lodge, a tekke, a school and a fountain built in his own village; he endowed the village's lands, spent most of his life there and was buried there. The village was long called Şeyhcui Village; today its official name is Yuvacık, and the people still use the old name. His tomb is beside the village mosque; the fountain he had built also still stands. Müstencid Dede, whom Hüsameddin names, appears in the sequence of sheikhs as having become sheikh in 1436.
Çelebi Sultan Mehmed's Amasya
"Çelebi Sultan Mehmed" in the text is the prince who, while his brothers divided Rumelia in the Interregnum, held sway in Anatolia over Tokat, Amasya and Bursa between 1402 and 1413, and who later became sultan as Mehmed I. It is related, relying on Hüsameddin's work, that while establishing his authority against the local lords of the Amasya and Tokat region he had the support of the ulema and the notables of the city. The date "after 818" that Hüsameddin gives falls after those years of rule; that is, Edhem Dede's term as sheikh seems to have begun in Mehmed's Amasya period and to have extended into the years of his sultanate.
What Could Not Be Read
No information was found in other sources on Edhem Dede, Mevlânâ Hüsâmzâde Celâleddîn Mehmed Çelebi, Tâceddîn İbrâhim Çelebi or Kemâleddîn Ahmed Çelebi.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 276–276. amasya.bel.tr
- Taylan Köken, "Şeyh Cui Baba Türbesi / Amasya-Merkez-Yuvacık Köyü", Sosyo Denemeler, 18 Ağustos 2013 (based on Abdülhalim Durma, Evliyalar Şehri Amasya, 2003).
Academic studies
Other sources
- Abdulhalim Durma, "Amasya'da Mevlevilik", Semazen (semazen.net), Mevlevî Büyükleri/Makale ve Yazılar section.