Amasyalıdır. Hüseyin Ağa ve Ayâs Ağa Medreseleri müderrisi Mehmed Şerîf Efendizâde es-Seyyid el-Hâc Mustafa Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Es-Seyyid Mehmed Şerîf Efendi de Amasya müftüsü ve nakîbü’l-eşrâf kâim-makâmı Zanalı es-Seyyid el-Hâc Ahmed Efendi’nin mahdûmudur.
Amasya‘da doğdu. Köse Hattât Emîn Mehmed Efendi’den yazı öğrenip Amasya ulemâsından tahsîl-i maârif etdi. 1187’de ammizâdesi es-Seyyid Şerîf Mehmed Efendi Amasya evkâf-ı Sultâniyyesi mütevellîsi olup geldikte dâiresine girdi.
1190’da pederinin vefâtı üzerine Hüseyin ve Ayâs Ağalar medreselerinin müderrisliği Şerîf Mehmed Efendi’nin himmetiyle uhdesine tevcîh edildi. 1191’de Şerîf Mehmed Efendi’nin afv ve itlâkı üzerine beraber İstanbul’a gitdi. Mektûbî-i Mâliye kalemine yerleşti.
1194’de mezkûr iki medrese uhdesinden ref edilip fuzalâdan Abdullah Vecîh Efendi’nin uhdesine tevcîh edildi. [321]
Ba’dehû Şerîf Mehmed Efendi’nin ma’iyyet kâtibi olup 1216’da beraber Mısır’a gitdi. 1217’de Şerîf Mehmed Paşa vezâretle Cidde ve Habeş vâlisi oldukda kethüdâsı olup beraber hacc etdi.
1218’de müşârün-ileyhin irtihâlinde İstanbul’a gelip 1220’de bâ-rütbe-i hâcegânî silâhdâr kâtibi oldu. 1222 rebiülevvelinde hal’i Selîm Hân vak’asında menkûb olup 1224’de vefât etdi.
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of es-Seyyid el-Hâc Mustafa Efendi, son of Mehmed Şerif Efendi, müderris of the Hüseyin Ağa and Ayas Ağa Madrasas. And es-Seyyid Mehmed Şerif Efendi was the son of Zanalı es-Seyyid el-Hâc Ahmed Efendi, mufti of Amasya and deputy of the nakîbüleşrâf.
He was born in Amasya. He learned writing from the calligrapher Köse Emîn Mehmed Efendi and studied under the scholars of Amasya. In 1187 [1773-74], when his cousin es-Seyyid Şerif Mehmed Efendi came as trustee of the sultanic waqfs of Amasya, he entered his household.
In 1190 [1776-77], when his father died, the professorship of the Hüseyin and Ayas Ağa madrasas was given to him through Şerif Mehmed Efendi's efforts. In 1191 [1777-78], when Şerif Mehmed Efendi was pardoned and released, he went with him to Istanbul. He settled in the Mektûbî-i Mâliye (office of the treasury secretary).
In 1194 [1780-81] the two madrasas were taken from him and given to one of the learned men, Abdullah Vecîh Efendi.
Afterwards he became secretary in the retinue of Şerif Mehmed Efendi and in 1216 [1801-02] went with him to Egypt. In 1217 [1802-03], when Şerif Mehmed Pasha became governor of Jidda and Habesh with the rank of vizier, he became his steward and made the pilgrimage with him.
In 1218 [1803-04], on the death of the aforesaid, he came to Istanbul and in 1220 [1805-06] became silahdar clerk with the rank of hâcegân. In Rebiülevvel 1222 [May 1807], at the deposition of Sultan Selim, he was exiled, and he died in 1224 [1809-10].
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- nakîbüleşrâf kâim-makâmı: deputy of the nakîbüleşrâf, who kept the registers of the descendants of the Prophet
- tahsîl-i maârif: acquiring learning
- ammizâde: cousin (son of a paternal uncle)
- evkâf-ı Sultâniyye: the sultan's waqfs
- mütevellî: administrator of a waqf
- dâire: the mansion and service circle of a great man
- uhde: duty and responsibility
- afv ve itlâk: pardon and release
- Mektûbî-i Mâliye: the correspondence office of the treasury (defterdarlık)
- fuzalâ: the learned, scholars
- ma'iyyet kâtibi: secretary in the retinue of a statesman
- kethüdâ: steward who manages the affairs of a statesman
- bâ-rütbe-i hâcegânî: with the rank of hâcegân
- silahdar kâtibi: clerk of the silahdar's office
- menkûb: exiled, fallen from favour
The Hüseyin Ağa Madrasa
The Hüseyin Ağa Madrasa of the text is also known in Amasya as the Büyük Ağa or Kapı Ağası Madrasa. The building was built in 1488, in the reign of Bayezid II, at the wish of the palace gate agha Hüseyin Ağa. The student rooms are arranged around an octagonal colonnaded courtyard; the octagonal plan was applied for the first time in this building. The largest domed room served as the main lecture room; today it is reported to be used to train local youth as hafızs. A study of this madrasa written in 2020 deals with the building's place in the intellectual and cultural life of the city. No information on the Ayas Ağa Madrasa was found in the sources read.
Şerif Mehmed Efendi of the Text
The "Şerif Mehmed Efendi" of Hüsameddin is the man who was trustee of the sultanic waqfs of Amasya and later rose to the governorship of Jidda and Habesh. No record of this person, of the trusteeship of the Amasya waqfs or of the governorship of Jidda and Habesh was found in the sources read. The contemporary Şeyhülislam Seyyid Mehmed Şerif Efendi (1115-1193 [1703-1779]), who bears the same name, was born in Istanbul and was the son of Yenişehirli Şerif Efendi; he is not identical with the person Hüsameddin names as the son of Zanalı Ahmed Efendi, the Amasya mufti and deputy nakîbüleşrâf: since the şeyhülislam died in 1193 [1779], he cannot be the man of the events of 1216-1218 [1801-04] in the text (inference). The pardon and release mentioned in 1191 could not be verified in the sources read either.
The Exile of 1222
The exile of Emîn Mehmed Efendi in Rebiülevvel 1222 coincides with the deposition of Selim III on 17-21 Rebîülevvel 1222 (25-29 May 1807). In that episode the leaders of the Nizâm-ı Cedîd were executed; the reason for which the silahdar clerk was exiled is not stated in the sources read.
Could Not Be Verified
Records of Zanalı Ahmed Efendi, the calligrapher Köse Emîn Mehmed Efendi, Abdullah Vecîh Efendi, the stewardship and the governorship of Jidda and Habesh could not be found in the sources read. No information on Emîn Mehmed Efendi was found in other sources.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 361–361. amasya.bel.tr
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