Köprülüdür. Ulemâdan Ali Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Pederinin vefâtında sağîr olup vâlidesi Lâdikli Hidâyet Efendi’ye varmakla mûmâ-ileyhin yanında büyüdüğünden Hidâyetzâde dendi. Bade’t-tahsîl Köprü mahkemesi kâtibi olup 1308’de [335] Hicâz’a gitdi. Sene-i mezbûre zilhiccesinde Mekke-i Mükerreme’de vefât etdi. Âlim, fakîh ve ferâize âşinâ, hânedân idi.
Oğulları Ali Râif, Ahmed Hidâyet, Mehmed Şevket Efendilerdir. Ali Râif Efendi yerini tutup Köprü mahkeme-i şer’iyye kâtibi oldu. Bir aralık azl edildiyse de 1321’de niyâbetim esnâsında yine mahkeme-i şer’iyye kâtibi ta’yin edilmişdir.
In Modern English
He was from Köprü. He was the son of Ali Efendi, one of the men of learning. His father died when he was small, and his mother married Hidâyet Efendi of Lâdik; because he grew up with him he was called "Hidâyetzâde". After his studies he became clerk of the Köprü court, and in 1308 [1890-91] he went to the Hijaz. In the month of Zilhicce of that year he died in Mecca. He was a learned man, a jurist, knowledgeable in the law of inheritance, and of a distinguished family.
His sons are Ali Râif, Ahmed Hidâyet and Mehmed Şevket Efendis. Ali Râif Efendi took his place and became clerk of the sharia court of Köprü. Although he was dismissed at one point, in 1321 [1903-04], during my term as deputy judge, he was again appointed clerk of the sharia court.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- sağîr: small, a child
- vâlide: mother
- mûmâ-ileyh: the person mentioned
- bade't-tahsîl: after his studies
- Hicâz: the region that includes Mecca and Medina
- Mekke-i Mükerreme: Mecca
- fakîh: a jurist
- ferâiz: the law of inheritance
- hânedân: a distinguished, long-established family
- mahkeme-i şer'iyye: the sharia court
- niyâbet: the office of naib, that is, deputy to the kadı (judge)
- azl: dismissal from office
The Journey to the Hijaz and His Death
Hidâyetzâde went to the Hijaz in 1308 [1890-91] and died in Mecca in the month of Zilhicce of the same year. The text does not state the purpose of the journey. Dying in the Hijaz is not the only such case in Hüsameddin's book. Hâfız Mehmed Şükrü Efendi, the only son of Hocazâde İbrâhim Efendi in volume 6, went to the Hijaz in 1312 [1894-95] with a large company and died in Mecca, and his father was deeply grieved by the news. Hüsameddin himself went to Damascus and the Hijaz a second time in 1319 [1901-02] as deputy judge for the Surre-i Hümâyûn.
Hüsameddin's Term as Deputy Judge of Köprü
The phrase "niyâbetim esnâsında" in the entry belongs to the author himself. On returning from the Hijaz Hüsameddin was appointed naib of Köprü and took up the post on the first day of Muharrem 1321, that is, 30 March 1903. Ali Râif Efendi's reappointment as clerk took place during this term of office.
Hüsameddin also gives briefly how the child who lost his father grew up and with whom. Lâdikli Hidâyet Efendi, whom his mother married, may be the Hidâyet Efendi who appears in entry 374 of the book as the nephew of the Blind Mufti; both are from Lâdik and they have the same name. Hüsameddin does not link the two entries; this is an inference.
No information was found in other sources about Hidâyetzâde Emîn Mehmed Efendi and his sons.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, 7. Cilt, p. 365. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, Giriş, pp. 17–18 (the author's term as naib of Köprü); vol. 6, pp. 77–78 (entry on Hocazâde İbrâhim Efendi); vol. 7, p. 364 (entry 374).