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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Ekmeleddîn İbrâhim Çelebi-Hamîdzâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 339 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Meşâyih-i ulemâdan Mevlânâ Hamideddîn Mehmed bin [248] İbrâhim’in diğer mahdûmudur. Efdal Çelebi’nin birâderi olup Mevlânâ İbrâhim Tokatî’den vesâir ulemâdan ikmâl-i tahsîl ederek ders-i âm, müderris, kadı olup 881’de vefât etdi. Kibâr-ı kudâtdan idi. Mahdûmu Şemseddîn Ahmed Çelebi’dir. Buna da “Ekmelzâde” dendi.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He is from Amasya. He is the other son of Mevlânâ Hamîdeddin Mehmed, son of İbrâhim, one of the sheikhs and scholars. He is the brother of Efdal Çelebi. Having completed his studies under Mevlânâ İbrâhim Tokatî and other scholars, he received the authorization to teach publicly; he became a professor and a judge and died in 881 [1476-77]. He was one of the great judges. His son is Şemseddin Ahmed Çelebi. He too was called "Ekmelzâde."

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • meşâyih-i ulemâ: sheikhs and scholars
  • mahdûm: son
  • ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
  • ders-i âm: a professor authorized to teach publicly
  • kibâr-ı kudât: great judges

Within the Hamîdzâde Family

Ekmeleddin İbrâhim Çelebi is the brother of Efdalüddin Hüseyin Çelebi of the previous entry; the father of both is Hamîdeddin Mehmed Çelebi, one of the sheikhs of Amasya. Efdalüddin died in 874 [1469-70] and Ekmeleddin in 881 [1476-77], seven years later. The teacher Hüsameddin calls "Mevlânâ İbrâhim Tokatî" may be the same scholar who appears in the previous entry as "Tâceddin İbrâhim et-Tokâdî"; this is an inference, since the entry gives no further detail. The son Şemseddin Ahmed Çelebi's epithet "Ekmelzâde" stands beside "Efdalzâde" as a family name.

An encyclopedia entry exists on Efdalüddin's son, the şeyhülislam Hamîdüddin Efendi, and reports that Hamîdüddin Efendi criticized the views of Şeyh Ekmeleddin, who wrote a commentary called el-İnâye on Mergînânî's el-Hidâye. Ahmedî's teacher in Egypt is also called Şeyh Ekmeleddin el-Bâbertî. Since the epithet Ekmeleddin was also used outside these two scholarly families of Amasya, no link can be drawn between Ekmeleddin İbrâhim Çelebi of this entry and these two scholars; there is also no sign that they are the same person. No information was found in other sources on Ekmeleddin İbrâhim Çelebi and his son Şemseddin Ahmed Çelebi.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 339–339. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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