Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 358 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Amasyalı Kadızâde Küçük Hoca Mehmed İlmî Efendi evlâdından el-Hâc Halil Efendi bin Abdüllatîf Efendi mahdûmu ve Emîr İmâm el-Hâc Abdüllatîf Efendi ile vüzerâdan es-Seyyid Abdülganî Paşa’nın birâderidir.
İstanbul’da tahsîl-i ulûm edib ders-i âm ve bi’l-imtihân kadı olup devr-i bilâd ederek 1159’da vefât etdi. Rûmeli kudât-ı sütûde-i simâtından âlim, kâmil, bir zât-ı muhterem idi.
He was the son of el-Hâc Halil Efendi, son of Abdüllatîf Efendi, of the line of Kadızâde Küçük Hoca Mehmed İlmî Efendi of Amasya. He was a brother of Emîr İmâm el-Hâc Abdüllatîf Efendi and of es-Seyyid Abdülganî Pasha, one of the viziers.
He studied in Istanbul, received the right to give public lessons, and became a judge by examination. After travelling through the country and serving in the provinces, he died in 1159 [1746-47]. Among the judges of Rumelia he was a scholar of praised qualities, mature and worthy of respect.
The entry "Halîl Efendi-Hocazâde Hâfız el-Hâc" in volume 9 of the book (p. 132) describes the father of the subject of this entry. Halil Efendi was first imam and preacher of the Sultan Bayezid Mosque, a ders-i âm and a şeyhülkurrâ, and died in Şaban 1133 [1721]. His sons were Abdüllatîf, Mehmed Emîn and the vizier Abdülganî Pasha, who is also called "Abdî Pasha". The same Halil Efendi is also mentioned among the events of the year 1100 as first imam of the Sultan Bayezid Mosque (vol. 4, "Hüseyin Paşa", p. 613–615). The entry "Emîr İmâm Abdullatîf Efendi" in volume 7 of the book (p. 354) says that Abdüllatîf had a library in Amasya and that his line was called "Emîr İmâm Oğulları". Read together, these records identify the subject of the entry as Halil Efendi's second son, Mehmed Emîn Efendi.
The entry "Abdî Paşa-es-Seyyid Abdülğanî" in volume 12 of the book (p. 594–595) sets out the brother's career. In his youth he entered the Enderûn, became barley superintendent in 1151, grand vizier's kethüda in Rebîülevvel 1160, kethüda for a second time in 1162, and in Şevval of that year [1749] governor of Tırhala with the rank of vizier. He then served as governor of Bosnia, Eğriboz and Belgrade, and died in Belgrade in Receb 1166 [1753]. Since Mehmed Emîn Efendi died in 1159, he must not have seen his brother's kethüdalık in 1160 or the vizierate and governorships that followed (inference).
According to the encyclopedia entry, to become a ders-i âm one had to sit one more examination after graduating from the madrasa and receiving the icazet. The title was in frequent use in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The text says that Mehmed Emîn reached his judgeship by examination as well. The book does not say in which districts he served as judge, and this could not be found in other sources either.
No information on Küçük Hoca Mehmed İlmî Efendi, at the head of the line, was found in sources other than the book. The book names "Küçük Hâce Mehmed Efendi" as the grandfather of Abdülganî Pasha's father (vol. 11, p. 521, "Abdülganî Paşa-Hâcezâde es-Seyyid").
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