Mehmed oğludur. Amasya’da Iydîzâde Hacı Âkif Mustafa, Laz Hoca İbrâhim Efendilerden mücâz ve ders-i âm olup Bekir Paşa müderrisi Çorumlu es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi İstanbul’a gitdiğinde medrese-i mezbûre müderrisi ve meclis-i hâciyân a’zâsı [179] oldu.
Ancak zaleme-i vakt olan Câniklizâdelere mu’ârız olduğundan onların zaman-ı tasallutlarında münzevî bir hâlde ibâdetle iştigâl edib 1199’da vefât etdiği Halfet Gâzi kabristanında kâin seng-i mezârında mahkûkdur. Ulûm-ı akliyye ve nakliyyede kâmil, fakîh idi. A’yân-ı ulemâdandır.
In Modern English
He was the son of Mehmed. In Amasya he received a license from Iydîzâde Hacı Âkif Mustafa and Laz Hoca İbrahim Efendi and gained the authority to give public lectures. When Çorumlu Seyyid Mehmed Efendi, professor of the Bekir Pasha Madrasa, went to Istanbul, he became professor of this madrasa and a member of the assembly of pilgrims.
But because he opposed the Caniklis, the tyrants of the time, he withdrew into seclusion and devoted himself to worship during their period of dominance. He died in 1199 [1784-85]. His grave is in the Halfet Gazi cemetery; this is inscribed on his gravestone. He was a mature jurist (fakîh) in both the rational and the transmitted sciences. He was one of the leading scholars of the city.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mücâz: licensed, authorized to teach
- medrese-i mezbûre: the aforementioned madrasa
- zaleme-i vakt: the tyrants of the time
- mu'ârız: opposing, an opponent
- zaman-ı tasallut: the period of dominance
- münzevî: withdrawn into seclusion
- seng-i mezâr: gravestone
- mahkûk: carved in stone, inscribed
- ulûm-ı akliyye ve nakliyye: the sciences learned through reason and those based on revelation
- fakîh: a scholar of fıkh (Islamic jurisprudence)
- a'yân-ı ulemâ: the leading scholars
The Bekir Pasha Madrasa
The Bekir Pasha Madrasa was built as a dârülhadis in 1751, in the Köprübaşı neighborhood, by Bekirzâde Hacı Osman Bey of Amasya, a former governor (mirliva) of Egypt. The building is of stone and brick; when it was close to collapse around 1883, it was repaired in 1891, with shops added to its front facade and rooms to its upper floor. The Alaca Hamam and the İki Kapılı Han are the waqf of this madrasa. It came to be called the "Bekir Pasha Madrasa" after Osman Bey's son Ebubekir Pasha, who became the trustee (mütevelli) after his father's death. Laz İbrahim Efendi is counted among those who served as professors at the madrasa. He may be the same person as Laz Hoca, named as one of İbrahim Efendi's teachers; but this is an inference.
Standing Against Canikli Dominance
That İbrahim Efendi, like the other scholars of Amasya of the same period, kept his distance from the Canikli family is a theme repeated in several entries of the book. Amasya had been granted to Canikli Hacı Ali Pasha as a lifetime tax farm (malikâne) in 1772; when his younger son Mikdad Ahmed Pasha became governor of Sivas in 1778, the pressure grew and the notables of Amasya took refuge with Çapanoğlu Mustafa Bey. These events fall in the years in which İbrahim Efendi lived.
The Halifet Gazi Cemetery
The "Halfet Gâzi cemetery" in the text must be the cemetery around today's Halifet Gazi Tomb. The tomb is in the Gökmedrese neighborhood; it is believed to have been built by Halifet Gazi, one of the Danishmend emirs. According to its inscription, the adjoining madrasa was built in 1210; although the construction date of the tomb is given as 1225, it is also argued that it predates this. The structure has two stories, a square base, an octagonal body, and a pyramidal roof. No source was found that establishes where İbrahim Efendi's gravestone is today.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 63–63. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
Official sources