Amasya eşrâfından Abdî Beyzâde el-Hâc Hasan Efendi bin el-Hâc İbrâhim Çelebi bin Kara Abdî Bey’in mahdûmudur. Iydîzâde el-Hâc Âkif Mustafa, Müftüzâde pederin eş-Şeyh Mehmed, Laz Hoca el-Hâc İbrâhim Efendilerden ahz-ı ulûm ederek mücâz ü ders-i âm oldu.
Tedrîs-i ulûm ederek iştihâr edib Medrese-i Feyziyye müderrisi, meclis-i a’yân a’zâsı oldu. 1186 târîhinden i’tibâren Cânikli Hacı Ali Paşa’nın mezâlim ve seyyi’âtına âlet olmamak için inzivâyı ihtiyâr edib ibâdet ve tedrîs ile meşgûl olduğu hâlde 1198 senesi evâ’ilinde vefât etdi. Kibâr-ı ulemâdan, müteşerri’, uzun boylu, müşekkel, vakûr, kâmil bir zât idi.
In Modern English
He was the son of Abdîbeyzâde Hacı Hasan Efendi, one of the notables of Amasya, himself the son of Kara Abdî Bey, son of Hacı İbrahim Çelebi. He studied under Iydîzâde Hacı Âkif Mustafa, Şeyh Mehmed (the father of Müftüzâde), and Laz Hoca Hacı İbrahim Efendi, received his license, and gained the authority to give public lectures.
He won renown by teaching; he became a professor at the Feyziye Madrasa and a member of the council of notables (ayan). Beginning in 1186 [1772-73], so as not to be made a tool of the tyranny and wrongdoing of Canikli Hacı Ali Pasha, he chose to withdraw into seclusion. While occupied with worship and teaching, he died in the early part of 1198 [late 1783]. He was one of the great scholars; he was devoted to the sharia, tall, well built, dignified, and mature.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- eşrâf: notables, long-established and respected families
- mahdûm: son
- ahz-ı ulûm: acquiring learning
- mücâz: licensed, authorized to teach
- müderris: madrasa professor
- meclis-i a'yân: the body made up of the city's notables
- mezâlim ve seyyi'ât: injustices and wrongdoings
- inzivâ: withdrawal into seclusion
- müteşerri': adhering to the sharia
- müşekkel: well built, of fine stature
- vakûr: dignified
The Feyziye Madrasa
The Feyziye Madrasa was built in 1738 by İbrahim Efendi of Amasya, a former military judge (kazasker) of Anatolia, in the name of his son Seyyid Feyzullah Efendi. It is a wooden building in the Gökmedrese neighborhood, near the waqf of Yörgüç Pasha. It burned in 1793 and was rebuilt in 1794 by Şerif Ahmed Efendi of Amasya; when it later fell into ruin, Şirvanizâde Mehmed Rüşdü Pasha repaired it. The madrasa's endowments consisted of eight shops and two houses; these were lost over time, and the madrasa fell into ruin for that reason. Hasan Efendi's professorship falls in the years before the fire of 1793. His name does not appear in the madrasa's list of professors; the list neither confirms nor denies his service.
Canikli Hacı Ali Pasha and Amasya
The sanjak of Amasya was granted to Canikli Hacı Ali Pasha as a lifetime tax farm (malikâne) on 30 May 1772, and the voivodeship of the Tokat sanjak was later attached to him as well. The year 1772-73 that Hüsameddin gives as "from 1186 onward" fits this appointment. The Pasha's sons also took posts in the region. Unable to bear the pressure of his younger son Mikdad Ahmed Pasha, the notables of Amasya took refuge with Çapanoğlu Mustafa Bey in late 1778. In these years the city was the scene of rivalry between two powerful families. Hasan Efendi's withdrawal is an example of how some of Amasya's notables did not wish to share in the conduct of this administration.
The phrase "from the notables of Amasya" in the book says that Hasan Efendi came from a long-established family. Whether Kara Abdî Bey, named as his grandfather, was the first known member of this family could not be determined from the sources.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 63–63. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies