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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Emîn Mehmed Efendi-Tâşköprülü

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

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Tâşköprü Müftüsü Hâfız Ali Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Amasya‘da Allâme Ürgüplü Hacı Ahmed Efendi’nin halka-i tedrîsinde ikmâl-i tahsîl edib ders-i âm ve Yörgüç Paşa Câmii kürsi şeyhi olduğu halde 1227’de vefât etdi. Âlim, vâiz, sâlih bir zât idi. Mahdûmu Sadık Mehmed Efendi ve birâderi el-Hâc Abdullah Efendi ricâl-i ilmiyyedendir.

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In Modern English

He was the son of Hâfız Ali Efendi, mufti of Taşköprü. He completed his studies in Amasya in the teaching circle of the great scholar Ürgüplü Hacı Ahmed Efendi and gave public lessons; he was kürsü şeyhi (lecturer of the pulpit) of the Yörgüç Pasha Mosque when he died in 1227 [1812-13]. He was a scholar, a preacher and a pious man. His son Sadık Mehmed Efendi and his brother el-Hâc Abdullah Efendi belong to the learned class.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mahdûm: son
  • allâme: very learned, a great scholar
  • halka-i tedrîs: teaching circle, the group of students gathered around a teacher
  • ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
  • ders-i âm: a teacher who gives lessons open to all
  • kürsü şeyhi: the official who gives lessons or sermons from the pulpit of a mosque
  • vâiz: preacher, one who gives religious talks in a mosque
  • ricâl-i ilmiyye: members of the learned (ilmiye) class

The Yörgüç Pasha Mosque

The mosque of which Emîn Mehmed Efendi was kürsü şeyhi is the Yörgüç Pasha Mosque on the bank of the Yeşilırmak in Amasya. According to the inscription over the door it was built by Atabeg Yörgüç Pasha in 834 (1430). In some sources the year of construction is given as 1428; no record explaining the difference between the two dates was found. Yörgüç Pasha was a statesman who served as lala (tutor) to Prince Murad, son of Çelebi Mehmed, and later rose to the vizierate.

The building belongs to the group of mosques with tabhane rooms, that is, with a zaviye; it has no last-congregation porch. The section east of the entrance is thought to have been the lecture hall of the madrasa, which has not survived. The western section is arranged as a tomb and holds four marble sarcophagi belonging to Yörgüç Pasha and his family. Because the mosque stands on the bank of the Yeşilırmak it has been damaged by floods, and its interior has therefore been renewed; the original minaret is also gone and a plain wooden one has been built in its place.

Could Not Be Verified

No information was found in the sources read on Hâfız Ali Efendi, mufti of Taşköprü, on Ürgüplü Hacı Ahmed Efendi, on Sadık Mehmed Efendi or on el-Hâc Abdullah Efendi. 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

Academic studies

Official sources

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