Amasyalıdır. Eşrâfdan Yörgüç Paşa vakfı mütevellîsi es-Seyyid el-Hâc Hüseyin Bey bin es-Seyyid el-Hâc Ahmed Bey bin el-Hâc Ömer Bey bin el-Hâc Osmân Bey’in mahdûmudur. Amasya‘da tahsîl-i ulûm edib İstanbul’a gitdi. Orada bi’l-imtihân tarîk-i kudâta girip kadı oldu.
Badehû ba’zı sudûr-ı ilmiye ve ricâl-i devlete kethüdâ olduğu esnâda müderris olup kethüdâlığı zamanında medâris-i mutâdeyi devretdikten sonra 1229 senesi recebinde Dârü’l-hadîs-i Süleymaniye müderrisliğinden Halep mollası, badehû ba’zı vilâyâta kadı oldu. 1234’de vefât etdi. Mahdûmu es-Seyyid Mehmed Râğıb Efendi’dir.
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of es-Seyyid el-Hâc Hüseyin Bey, one of the eşrâf and trustee of the Yörgüç Pasha waqf; Hüseyin Bey was the son of es-Seyyid el-Hâc Ahmed Bey, who was the son of el-Hâc Ömer Bey, who was the son of el-Hâc Osman Bey. He studied in Amasya and went to Istanbul. There he entered the career of the judges by examination and became a judge.
Afterwards, while he was steward to certain high officers of the learned class and to statesmen, he became a müderris; during his stewardship he passed in turn through the customary madrasas, and in Receb 1229 [1814], from the professorship of the Süleymaniye Dârülhadîs, he became Halep mollası, and afterwards judge in certain provinces. He died in 1234 [1818-19]. His son is es-Seyyid Mehmed Râğıb Efendi.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- eşrâf: noble, leading families; here possibly meaning the descendants of the Prophet (seyyids and sharifs) (inference)
- mütevellî: administrator of a waqf
- tarîk-i kudât: the career path of the judges
- sudûr-ı ilmiyye: the senior officers of the learned (ilmiye) class
- ricâl-i devlet: statesmen
- kethüdâ: steward who manages the affairs of a statesman
- medâris-i mutâde: the madrasas that make up the customary steps of the professorship
- Dârü'l-hadîs-i Süleymaniye: the hadith madrasa of the Süleymaniye Complex
- Halep mollası: a judge of the rank of the judgeship of Aleppo
The Yörgüç Pasha Waqf
The Yörgüç Pasha waqf, as its name suggests, is the waqf attached to the Yörgüç Pasha Mosque in Amasya and the buildings around it (inference). According to the inscription over the door, the mosque was built in 834 (1430) by Atabeg Yörgüç Pasha; four marble sarcophagi of Yörgüç Pasha and his family are in the tomb section. According to the text, the trustee Hüseyin Bey is tied to a family line of four generations (Osman, Ömer, Ahmed, Hüseyin); it is not said which of these forefathers were trustees. The title es-Seyyid in their names and the word eşrâf suggest that the family traced its line to the Prophet (inference). Because no list of the trustees of the waqf was found in the sources read, this line of descent could not be verified.
The Süleymaniye Dârülhadîs and the Halep Mollalığı
The Süleymaniye Dârülhadîs was completed in 964 (1556-57) and in the classical period was regarded as the highest step of the Ottoman madrasa ladder. In its staff of one müderris, one muîd and fifteen students, the müderris received fifty akçe a day; the müderrises' term of service was usually about a year. If a müderris of the Dârülhadîs wanted a judgeship, he was appointed to one of the judgeships called "mahreç mevleviyeti", such as Jerusalem, Aleppo, Eyüp or Salonica. Hüsameddin's statement that in 1229 [1814] he passed from the Dârülhadîs to the Halep mollalığı is in agreement with this classical order; but since the practice of this system in the early nineteenth century was not examined in the source read, it could not be verified that the agreement held at that moment of history.
Could Not Be Verified
The date at which Emîn Mehmed Efendi came to the Dârülhadîs, his term of service, and his Halep mollalığı and later judgeships could not be found in the sources read. No record was found of his son Mehmed Râğıb Efendi either. 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. 362–362. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies