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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Efendi — el-Hâc Tâceddîn

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 32 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Gelgirâslıdır. Ali oğlu olup Amasya fuzalâsından tahsîl-i ulûm ederek ders-i âm ve câmi’-i enderûn vâ’izi olup 890 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Meşâhîr-i ulemâdan idi. Artukoğlu İbrâhim Çelebi bin Hasan Çelebi ve [71] birâderi Murteza Çelebi bu esnâlarda ber-hayât idiler. Ba’dehû vefât etmişlerdir. Kudât u ulemâdan idiler.

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In Modern English

He was from Gelgiras. He was the son of Ali. He learned from the scholars of Amasya, gave public lectures, and became preacher of the Enderûn Mosque; he died around 890 [1485]. He was one of the famous scholars. Artukoğlu İbrâhim Çelebi son of Hasan Çelebi and his brother Murteza Çelebi were alive around this time. They died afterwards. They were among the kadıs and scholars.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • fuzalâ: learned men, scholars
  • ders-i âm: giving public lectures
  • câmi'-i enderûn: the Enderûn Mosque
  • vâ'iz: preacher
  • ber-hayât: alive
  • kudât u ulemâ: kadıs and scholars

Gelgiras and the Enderun

Gelgiras is the old name of the village of Karşıyaka, today attached to Merzifon; the village's name appears as Gelgiras or Gelgeras in the records of 1876 and 1928, later became Çatalkaya, and was changed to Karşıyaka in 2008. In Katip Çelebi's Cihannüma, Gelgiras, when the districts of Amasya are listed, is mentioned as a place with mosques, a madrasa and a bath. Hüsameddin too, listing the four administrative divisions of Merzifon, gives Zoğu, Gelgiras, Gümüştegin and Ilıcak. An explanation circulates that the village's name comes from the property received by Kiraz Hatun, daughter of Alıcık Noyan, when she married İzzeddin Mehmed-i Pervane, and that the name changed over time from Gelinkiraz to Gelgiras. This is of the nature of a local tradition.

"Enderûn" is a term describing the inner part of the fortress in Amasya; east of the Enderun Fortress lies the Nerkis quarter, to its south the Yeşilırmak, and to its north Mount Harşena. No reliable record could be found for the exact location and present state of the Enderûn Mosque. If the mosque name refers to a building inside the fortress, the preacher in the entry served in the oldest settled district of the city; this is an inference.

No information was found in any other source on Artukoğlu İbrâhim Çelebi and his brother Murteza Çelebi.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 32–32. amasya.bel.tr

Official sources

Other sources

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