Boluludur. Mehmed’in oğludur. Gençliğinde gelip Amasya’da tahsîl-i ulûm ederek ders-i âm ve Mehmed Paşa Câmii kürsü şeyhi, ba’dehû 1124’de Yâkût Paşa Zâviyesi şeyhi ve [138] vakfı mütevellîsi oldu. Kürsü şeyhliği de uhdesinde iken 1141 senesi recebinin on altısında vefât etdi. Sulehâ-yı ulemâdan, müteşerri’, muttakî bir zât idi. “Ahkâmu’l-Cenâ’iz” mü’ellifidir.
Mahdûmları es-Seyyid Mehmed Emîn, Ahmed Sa’id, Ali Ârif, Mahmûd Efendiler. Cihât Defterinde yazıldığı üzere bunlar sırasıyla Yâkut Paşa vakfına mütevellî olmuşlardır. Es-Seyyid Mehmed Emîn Efendi 1162’de, Ahmed Sa’id Efendi 1176 rebiülevvelinde, Ali Ârif Efendi 1179’da ve Mahmûd Efendi 1181’de vefât etmişlerdir. Mahmûd Efendizâde mevâlîden İbrâhim Efendi kitaplarını Abdullatîf Efendi Kütübhanesine vakfetdi. Bunun birâderi Sâlih Efendizâde Mehmed Sa’îd Efendi hâcegândandır. Bunlara “Boluluoğulları” denirdi.
In Modern English
He was from Bolu, the son of Mehmed. In his youth he came to Amasya and studied; he became ders-i âm (a müderris giving public lectures) and kürsü şeyhi of the Mehmed Pasha Mosque, then in 1124 [1712-13] sheikh of the Yâkût Pasha Zaviye and mütevelli of its waqf. While still holding the kürsü sheikhship, he died on the sixteenth of Rajab 1141 [1729]. He was one of the pious among scholars, devoted to the sharia and God-fearing. He is the author of the work "Ahkâmü'l-Cenâ'iz" (Rulings on Funerals).
His sons were es-Seyyid Mehmed Emîn, Ahmed Sa'id, Ali Ârif and Mahmûd Efendi. According to what is written in the Cihât Register, they became mütevelli of the Yâkût Pasha waqf in that order. Es-Seyyid Mehmed Emîn Efendi died in 1162 [1749], Ahmed Sa'id Efendi in Rabiulevvel 1176 [1762], Ali Ârif Efendi in 1179 [1765-66] and Mahmûd Efendi in 1181 [1767-68]. İbrâhim Efendi, son of Mahmûd Efendi and one of the mevâlî, endowed his books to the Abdullatîf Efendi Library. His brother, Mehmed Sa'îd Efendi, son of Sâlih Efendi, is among the hâcegân (divan clerks). They were called the "Boluluoğulları."
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kürsü şeyhi: official who gives lessons and sermons from the pulpit in a mosque
- zâviye: a small tekke where members of a Sufi order gather
- mütevellî: person who manages the affairs of a waqf
- sulehâ-yı ulemâ: the pious among scholars
- müteşerri': one who follows the sharia
- muttakî: God-fearing, pious
- mü'ellif: author
- Cihât Defteri: register in which records of waqfs and appointments were kept
- hâcegân: the class of divan clerks
The Yâkût Pasha Zaviye
The building Hüsameddin calls "Yâkût Pasha" appears in present-day sources under the name Yâkub Pasha Tekke; among the people it is also called the Çilehâne Tekke. It was founded in 815 [1412] in the Pîrler quarter of Amasya by Pazarlıoğlu Yâkub Pasha, beylerbeyi of Ankara, and its waqf deed was registered in February 1413 by the kadı of Amasya, Mevlânâ Rükneddin Mahmud, known as Sarı Kadı. Hüsameddin says the tekke is located inside the Yâkub Pasha Mansion. In this tekke, affiliated with the Khalwati order, the first mütevelli was the founder's deputy Şemseddin Mehmed Buhârî; when his line of children died out, the stewardship passed to Müeyyed Çelebi and his children. The chain of sheikhs continued into the eighteenth century, and toward its end Hâfız Seyyid Abdullah Efendi (d. 1214/1800) is mentioned as one of the links of this chain.
The building was damaged in earthquakes; the structure, damaged in the 1939 Erzincan earthquake, was repaired in 1967. After various repairs it is today open for worship as a mosque. The Mehmed Pasha Mosque (1486) is another building nearby; this mosque, where Bolulu İbrahim Efendi served as kürsü şeyhi, still stands today, but the complex's madrasa and imaret have burned and vanished.
No information on the book "Ahkâmü'l-Cenâ'iz" written by Bolulu İbrahim Efendi, or on the Boluluoğulları family, was found in any source other than Hüsameddin. The title of the book suggests that it contains jurisprudential knowledge on funeral rulings; since the text itself could not be seen, this is an inference.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 51–52. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies