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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Emîn Mehmed Efendi, Küçük Hâfızzâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 358 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Vezîr müfetdişi mevâlinden Amasyalı “Küçük Hâfız Efendi” demekle meşhûr Mehmed Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Pederiyle beraber İstanbul’a gidip orada tahsîl-i ulûm ederek ders-i âm ve bi’l-imtihân müderris oldu. Tedris-i ulûm esnâsında medâris-i [311] mu’tâdeyi devrederek Sahn-ı Semâniyye müderrisi iken 1175’de genç iken vefât etdi. Kibâr-ı müderrisînden idi.

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In Modern English

He was the son of Mehmed Efendi, known as "Küçük Hâfız Efendi", a vizier's inspector of the mevâlî class, from Amasya. He went to Istanbul with his father and studied there, received the right to give public lessons, and became a müderris by examination. While teaching he passed in turn through the ordinary madrasas, and while müderris of the Sahn-ı Semân he died young in 1175 [1761-62]. He was among the senior müderrises.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mahdûm: son
  • vezîr müfetdişi: may point to an office or to a nickname; the text does not make clear which (inference)
  • mevâlî: in this context, members of the learned class at the upper ranks (inferred from context)
  • ders-i âm: a müderris holding the right to give public lessons
  • bi'l-imtihân müderris: made a müderris by examination
  • medâris-i mu'tâde: the ordinary, graded madrasas
  • devretmek: to pass through in turn
  • Sahn-ı Semân: the eight high-ranking madrasas of the Fâtih complex
  • kibâr-ı müderrisîn: the senior müderrises

The Chair at the Sahn-ı Semân

According to the encyclopedia entry, the Sahn-ı Semân madrasas are the eight high-ranking madrasas completed in 1470 within the Fâtih Complex in Istanbul, four on each side of the mosque. The Tetimme madrasas behind them rank lower and prepare students for the Sahn. At the Sahn the works read concerned tafsir, hadith, fıkh, uṣūl al-fıkh, kalām and Arabic. In each madrasa one müderris who knew the introductory sciences and the rational and traditional sciences well was to serve, and muids were chosen to assist him. The text's phrase "while passing in turn through the ordinary madrasas, and while müderris of the Sahn-ı Semân" describes a müderris advancing in this graded structure. The date 1175 [1761-62] that Hüsameddin gives shows that the man had reached the Sahn rank at a young age.

His Father, Küçük Hâfız Mehmed Efendi

The annual narrative in the supplement to volume 4 of the book (p. 661) records that "Küçük Hâfız Mehmed Efendi of Amasya, one of the Istanbul müderrises" became judge of Amasya at the beginning of Zilkade 1181 [1768], with Hacı Servahdî Mustafa Efendi as his deputy. This man may be the father named in the entry (inference: the name and nickname agree, but it is not stated). If so, the father was still alive after his son's death in 1175.

Gaps in the Sources

The names of the madrasas where Emîn Mehmed Efendi taught, the cause of his death and the meaning of his father's title "vizier's inspector" are not explained in the book. No information on him or his father was found in sources other than the book.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 358. amasya.bel.tr
  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, Supplement to vol. 4, p. 661 ("Ahmed Paşa").

Academic studies

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