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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Çelebi — Nefîszâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 36 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Âşık Paşa neslinden olup Amasya’da Mahmûd Çelebi zâviyesi şeyhi olan Tâceddîn Mehmet Çelebi bin Nefiseddîn İbrâhim Çelebi bin Kemâleddîn Ahmed Çelebi bin Mes’ûd Çelebi bin Abdurrahman Çelebi bin Elvân Çelebi bin Âşık Paşa bin Muhlis Paşa bin Baba İlyâs Horasânî mahdûmudur. Amasya vâlisi Şehzâde Sultân Mustafa’nın kâtib-i dîvânı olan Hamdullah Hamdi Çelebi birâderi olup Amasya’da tahsîl-i ulûm ederek müderris, kadı, vilâyâta defterdâr oldu. Ba’dehû İstanbul’a gidip Anadolu Defterdârı olarak ricâl-i devlet sırasına girdi. Ba’de’l-azl 959 senesi ramazânında Bostancıbaşı Mahallesi’nde binâ eylediği mektebi mesâlihine [86] emlâkini vakfedib sonra vefât etdi. Diğer birâderleri Muhibbî Mehmed, Hacı Nefîs Çelebilerdir.

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In Modern English

He was from Amasya. He was a descendant of Âşık Paşa and the son of Tâceddîn Mehmed Çelebi, sheikh of the Mahmud Çelebi Zawiya in Amasya. Tâceddîn Mehmed Çelebi was the son of Nefîseddîn İbrâhim Çelebi; he was the son of Kemâleddîn Ahmed Çelebi; he was the son of Mes'ûd Çelebi; he was the son of Abdurrahman Çelebi; he was the son of Elvân Çelebi; he was the son of Âşık Paşa; he was the son of Muhlis Pasha; and he in turn was the son of Baba İlyâs Horasânî.

He was the brother of Hamdullah Hamdi Çelebi, the divan secretary of Prince Sultan Mustafa, governor of Amasya. He studied in Amasya, became a madrasa professor, a judge, and a defterdar in the provinces. Then he went to Istanbul and, as Anatolian Defterdar, entered the company of the statesmen. After he was dismissed from office, in the month of Ramadan of the year 959 [1552] he endowed his properties as a waqf for the expenses of the school he had built in the Bostancıbaşı Quarter, and then died. His other brothers were Muhibbî Mehmed and Hacı Nefîs Çelebi.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mahdûm: son
  • zâviye: small lodge where a Sufi community gathers
  • kâtib-i dîvân: divan scribe, official in charge of a governor's correspondence
  • tahsîl-i ulûm: study of the sciences
  • defterdâr: senior official responsible for finances
  • ricâl-i devlet: statesmen
  • ba'de'l-azl: after being dismissed from office
  • mesâlih: expenses, affairs

The Lineage of Âşık Paşa and the Nefîszâdes

The long chain of descent in the text shows that the well-known Çelebi family of Amasya traced itself back to Baba İlyas and Âşık Paşa. Âşık Paşa was a grandson of Baba İlyas; he is reported to have been born in Amasya in 1271, to have been known for his work Garibnâme, and to have died in Kırşehir in 1332. One branch of the family, descending from Elvan Çelebi, rose in Amasya through posts such as waqf administration, madrasa teaching, judgeships and defterdarships. In the section Hüsameddin devotes to the lineage of Elvan Çelebi, these branches are listed in detail.

İbrâhim Çelebi, the subject of this entry, had a father, Tâceddîn Mehmed Çelebi, who is mentioned in the sources as a successor (halife) of Sheikh Habib Karamânî and as the author of the work Risâle-i Tâciye; he is recorded as entering the service of Sultan Selim I (Yavuz) in 1517. Among his brothers, Muhibbî Mehmed was known as a poet. His elder brother Hamdullah Hamdi Çelebi is reported to have been the divan secretary of Prince Mustafa, who was in the sanjak of Amasya, and also to have held a post in the administration of the Elvan Çelebi waqf.

A Point to Note

The famous poet of the same name, Hamdullah Hamdi (1449-1503), was a son of Akşemseddin and was not a descendant of Âşık Paşa. The Hamdullah Hamdi Çelebi whom Hüsameddin mentions was the secretary of Prince Mustafa, son of Suleiman the Magnificent; the two must not be confused.

No source other than Hüsameddin's information could be found about İbrâhim Çelebi's school and waqf in the Bostancıbaşı Quarter. The name Nefîszâde, from the same lineage, appears again in later entries together with the family of the calligrapher Nefeszâde İbrâhim Efendi.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 36–36. amasya.bel.tr
  • "Hüseyin Hüsameddin Yasar'ın Amasya Tarihi'nde Elvan Çelebi ve Soyu". https://molekuleredebiyat.com/?p=740

Academic studies

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