Amasyalıdır. Amasya vâlisi Şâdi Bey’in kölesi olân Mevlânâ Bedreddîn Doğan bin Abdullah’ın mahdûmu ve tercemesi geçen Mevlânâ Şemseddîn Ahmed Çelebi birâderidir. Mevlânâ Fahreddîn İlyâs bin Cemal Aksarayî’den ikmâl-i tahsîl ederek ders-i âm, müderris, kâdı-i kasabât ve bilâd olup 800 sâlinden sonra vefât etdi. Kibâr-ı ulemâ ve kudâtdan idi. Mahdûmu Mevlânâ Tâceddîn İbrâhim Çelebi’dir.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Emîneddîn Mehmed Çelebi-Mevlânâ Doğanoğlu
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 356 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of Mevlânâ Bedreddîn Doğan bin Abdullah, who was a slave of Şâdi Bey, governor of Amasya, and the brother of Mevlânâ Şemseddîn Ahmed Çelebi, whose biography has appeared earlier. After completing his studies under Mevlânâ Fahreddîn İlyâs bin Cemal Aksarayî, he gave public lectures, became a müderris, became judge of towns and districts, and died after 800 [1397-98]. He was one of the great scholars and judges. His son is Mevlânâ Tâceddîn İbrâhim Çelebi.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
- ders-i âm: the authority and duty to give lectures open to all
- kâdî-i kasabât ve bilâd: judge of the towns and districts
- kibâr-ı ulemâ ve kudât: the great scholars and judges
- tercüme: biographical notice, short biography
His Teacher Fahreddîn İlyâs
Fahreddîn İlyâs was the son of Cemâleddîn İbrâhim Aksarayî (d. 729 [1328]), who taught in Amasya, and lived in the 14th century. Emîr Hacı Şadgeldi Pasha, who ruled Amasya in the same period, also studied under him. Şadgeldi was emir of Amasya from 760 [1359] to 783 [1381-82] and was killed in a battle with Kadı Burhaneddin. The "Şâdi Bey" of the text may be a short form of this man's name, and the period fits, but the text does not say whom it means (inference). Doğan's death after 800 [1397-98] is a plausible interval for someone trained by this teacher; since Doğan's birth date is unknown, however, this too is an inference.
Not to Be Confused with Namesakes
In the same period Şerafeddin Doğan Şah, brother of Hacı Kutlu Şah, was lord of Turhal; he has nothing to do with the Doğan of the text and only shares the name. No information was found in the sources read on Bedreddîn Doğan himself, on his brother Şemseddîn Ahmed Çelebi or on his son Tâceddîn İbrâhim Çelebi. The death date after 800 given by Hüsameddin could therefore not be verified.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 356. amasya.bel.tr
- Mehterhan Furkani, "Siyasî ve İlmî Bir Kişilik: Amasya Emiri Hacı Şadgeldi Paşa ve ed-Dürerü'l-Mensûretü fi'l-Furû' Adlı Eserin Kendisine Nispeti", Uluslararası Amasya Âlimleri Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı I, Amasya Üniversitesi, 2017, https://isamveri.org/pdfdrg/G00226/2017/2017_FURKANIM.pdf