Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 348 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Amasyalıdır. Kibâr-ı kudâtdan Mevlânâ Sinâneddîn Yûsuf Çelebi bin Mevlânâ Mesûd Çelebi bin Emrullah Çelebi bin Şâdi Bey’in mahdûmudur. Amasya‘da ikmâl-i tahsîl edib ders-i âm, müderris-i be-nâm oldu.
Ba’dehû silk-i kudâta girip Canik kazâsından naklen Amasya nâibi olduğu halde 857’de vefât etdi. Halfet Mezarlığı’nda medfûn olduğu seng-i mezârından anlaşıldı. Meşâhir-i kudâtdan idi. Mahdûmu [278] kudâtdan Şemseddîn Mehmed Çelebi’dir.
He was from Amasya. He was the son of Mevlânâ Sinâneddîn Yûsuf Çelebi, one of the great kadıs; Yûsuf Çelebi was the son of Mevlânâ Mes'ûd Çelebi, who was the son of Emrullah Çelebi, who in turn was the son of Şâdî Bey. After completing his studies in Amasya he became a well-known müderris with the right to give open lessons.
Then he entered the career of kadı and, transferred from the district of Canik, died in 857 [1453] while naib of Amasya. It was understood from his gravestone that he was buried in the Halfet Cemetery. He was one of the famous kadıs. His son was the kadı Şemseddîn Mehmed Çelebi.
The name "Celâleddîn" does not occur in the text; according to the first sentence, the Mevlânâ Celâleddîn of the heading is the son of Sinâneddîn Yûsuf Çelebi. The four-generation line of descent is Şâdî Bey, Emrullah Çelebi, Mes'ûd Çelebi, Yûsuf Çelebi and Celâleddîn. The sentence in the previous entry (299), "His son, Mevlânâ Mes'ûd Çelebi, was also one of the scholars," agrees with this chain. Emrullah Çelebi's birth year is given as 722 [1322] and Celâleddîn's year of death as 857 [1453]; between the two dates there are about 131 years.
The cemetery's name may be connected with the Hilfet Gazi Madrasa and Tomb; this is an inference. An encyclopedia entry consulted writes that this complex is in the Şamice quarter, on Torumtay Street, in the centre of Amasya, and that according to the madrasa's inscription it was built in 606 [1209-10]. But it is not stated that Hüsameddin's "Halfet Cemetery" is the same place as this complex, and the gravestone is not mentioned in the sources consulted. For this reason the grave's location and the present state of the stone could not be verified.
Searches on the transfer from the district of Canik to the naibship of Amasya, Yûsuf Çelebi's years of service, his son Şemseddîn Mehmed Çelebi and Sinâneddîn Yûsuf Çelebi turned up no information. Hüsameddin's text remains the only source for these men.