Amasyalıdır. Amasya Müftüsü Taşâbâdî el-Hâc Ahmed [312] Efendi’nin büyük mahdûmudur. Üçler Mahallesi’nde doğdu. Pederinden ve Iydîzâde el-Hâc Mustafa Âkif Efendi’den ikmâl-i tahsîl ederek ders-i âm ve Abdullah Paşa müderrisi oldu.
1176 zilhiccesinde Amasya mahkemesi başkâtibi ve ba’dehû mükerreren Amasya nâibi olup on iki yıl kadar mevkiini hüsn-i muhâfaza etdiği halde 1188 senesi rebîülevvelinde dâr-ı bekâya irtihâl etdi. Âlim, fakîh, edîb, şâir, ta’lîk-nüvîs idi. Mahdûmları Ahmed Esad, Numân Sabit Efendiler ve birâderi İbrâhim Efendi’dir.
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya, the eldest son of the Amasya mufti Taşâbâdî el-Hâc Ahmed Efendi. He was born in the Üçler quarter. After completing his education with his father and with Iydîzâde el-Hâc Mustafa Âkif Efendi he received the right to give public lessons and became müderris of the Abdullah Pasha Madrasa.
In Zilhicce 1176 [1763] he became chief secretary of the Amasya court, and afterwards several times deputy judge of Amasya, and kept his position well for some twelve years; he died in Rebîülevvel 1188 [1774]. He was a scholar, a jurist, a man of letters, a poet and a writer of the ta'lik script. His sons were Ahmed Esad and Numân Sabit Efendi, and his brother was İbrâhim Efendi.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- Taşâbâdî: of Taşâbâd
- mahdûm: son
- ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's education
- ders-i âm: a müderris holding the right to give public lessons
- başkâtip: head of the court's scribes
- nâib: a deputy who gave judgment in the name of the kadı
- mükerreren: several times
- hüsn-i muhâfaza: good keeping
- fakîh: one who knows Islamic law
- edîb: a man of letters, a learned person
- ta'lîk-nüvîs: a writer of the ta'lik script
His Father, Taşâbâdî Ahmed Efendi
The entry "Ahmed Efendi-Taşâbâdî el-Hâc Hâfız" in volume 6 of the book (p. 202) describes Mehmed Emîn's father. Ahmed Efendi was the son of Halil from the village of Bidevî in the district of Taşâbâd (Erba'a). He came to Amasya at a young age, memorised the Qur'an at the Sultan Bayezid school, studied with Hâfız es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi of Çorum and became his teacher's son-in-law. In 1147 [1734-35] he became müderris of the Abdullah Pasha Madrasa and in 1151 [1738-39] mufti of Amasya; because of the quarrels among the âyan he was dismissed and reappointed several times, in 1160 he became müderris of the Fîrûz Ağa Madrasa, and he died on the seventh day of Rebîülevvel 1169 [1755-56]. The entry lists his sons as İbrâhim (of the Istanbul ulema, died 1193 [1779-80]) and Mehmed Emîn. It also states that Mehmed Emîn was chief secretary of the Amasya court and died in 1188, which agrees exactly with the date in this entry. The same entry reports that Mehmed Emîn's son Ahmed Esad Efendi, müderris of the Yörgüç Pasha Madrasa, court scribe and deputy judge of Amasya, was killed in 1194 [1780] for having served as an instrument of the Canikli family's injustices.
The nickname "Taşâbâdî" points to the place the father came from. The name appears in eighteenth-century tax records as an administrative unit to which villages were attached (in a record of 1143/1730 the people of a village belonging to the Amasya district asked that their villages be attached to Taşâbâd again).
His Teacher Iydîzâde Mustafa Âkif Efendi
According to the entry "Âkif Mustafa Efendi-Iydîzâde Hacı" in volume 11 of the book (p. 480–481), Mustafa Âkif Efendi was the son of the Amasya mufti Iydî Bayram Efendi; in 1129 he became müderris of Sultan Bayezid and mufti, and he taught in Amasya for forty-five years. He gave his morning lesson at Sultan Bayezid and his noon and afternoon lessons at the Câmi-i Kebîr in the inner city. When housing the students who hurried to Amasya to study with him became a problem, a council of scholars was set up. He died on the twenty-fourth of Receb 1173 [1760]. The study mentioned in the text must therefore have been completed before this date; Mehmed Emîn became chief secretary in 1176 (inference).
The Abdullah Pasha Madrasa
The encyclopedia entry lists among the notable buildings of Amasya the "Dârülhadis (Sofular or Abdullah Paşa) Mosque (1502)". According to the presentation of the Amasya Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism, the mosque was built in 1502 by the governor-general Abdullah Pasha; the vaulted rooms on either side of the main gate were used for hadith lessons. Hüsameddin's "müderris of Abdullah Pasha" must refer to the madrasa attached to this building (inference).
The Üçler Quarter
No information on the Üçler quarter was found in the sources read; whether the quarter is still called by this name could not be verified.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 359. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 202 ("Ahmed Efendi-Taşâbâdî el-Hâc Hâfız").
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 11, p. 480–481 ("Âkif Mustafa Efendi-Iydîzâde Hacı").
Academic studies
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