AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Emîn Mehmed Efendi-Servahdîzâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 361 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya Müftüsü el-Hâc Servahdî Mustafa Efendi’nin [322] mahdûmudur. Bade’t-tahsîl ders-i âm ve birkaç müftüye müsevvid ve emînü’l-fetvâ olup 1230’da vefât etdi. Âlim, fakîh, ferâizde mâhir idi. Mahdûmu es-Seyyid el-Hâc Süleyman Efendi ve birâderi es-Seyyid el-Hâc Abdullah Efendi’dir. Bunun mahdûmu es-Seyyid el-Hâc Servahdî Ahmed Efendi’dir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was the son of el-Hâc Servahdî Mustafa Efendi, mufti of Amasya. After his studies he gave public lessons; he became a drafter of fatwas for several muftis and fatwa steward, and died in 1230 [1814-15]. He was a scholar, a jurist and skilled in the law of inheritance. His son is es-Seyyid el-Hâc Süleyman Efendi and his brother es-Seyyid el-Hâc Abdullah Efendi. The latter's son is es-Seyyid el-Hâc Servahdî Ahmed Efendi.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mahdûm: son
  • bade't-tahsîl: after his studies
  • ders-i âm: a teacher who gives lessons open to all
  • müsevvid: one who writes drafts
  • emînü'l-fetvâ: the official responsible for the records and custody of fatwa matters (this sense is taken from the context of the text)
  • fakîh: a scholar of Islamic law
  • ferâiz: Islamic law of inheritance

A Connection Not Clear from the Text

The phrase "the latter's son" in the text does not show plainly whether it refers to the brother Abdullah Efendi mentioned just before or to the son Süleyman Efendi; judging by the order of the sentence it is more likely to be the son of Abdullah Efendi (inference). No record was found that would settle the identity of Servahdî Ahmed Efendi.

Sought and Not Found

Searches under the name of the Servahdî family and of the mufti of Amasya, Mustafa Efendi, and his son turned up no source giving information about these people. The study of the müderrises of Amasya according to the Meşîhat Archive documents of the reign of Abdülhamid II contains no information on a mufti and fatwa steward who died in 1230 (inference). No information on this person was found in other sources.

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