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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Efendi — Gözübüyükzâde, es-Seyyid

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 55 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Amasya fuzalâsından “Gözübüyük Müderris” demekle meşhûr olan Eğraklızâde es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi bin Yûsuf Efendi mahdûmudur. Ulemâdan tahsîl-i ulûm ederek ders-i âm oldu. Bir müddet mahkeme-i şer’iyye baş-kâtibi, 1143’de Havza’da Fîrûz Ağa Medresesi müderrisi olarak oraya gönderildi. Ba’dehû Havza kadısı olduğu hâlde 1152 senesinde vefât etdi. Ulemâdan idi.

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In Modern English

He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of Eğraklızâde es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi bin Yûsuf Efendi, one of the learned men of Amasya, known as "Gözübüyük Müderris." He studied under scholars and became ders-i âm. For a time he was chief clerk of the sharia court; in 1143 [1730-31] he was sent to Havza as müderris of the Fîrûz Ağa Madrasa. Then, while kadı of Havza, he died in 1152 [1739-40]. He was among the scholars.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • fuzalâ: learned, accomplished persons
  • ders-i âm: a müderris giving public lectures
  • mahkeme-i şer'iyye baş-kâtibi: chief of the secretariat of the sharia court
  • müderris: teacher who gives lessons in a madrasa
  • nâib/kadı: judicial official

A Müderris and Kadı in Havza

Havza is today a district of Samsun province; in the nineteenth-century salnames it appears as a nahiye, and later as a kaza, attached to the Sanjak of Amasya in the Sivas province. The sequence Hüsameddin describes is as follows: ders-i âm, chief clerkship of the court, professorship in Havza, and finally the kadıship of Havza.

No detail about Havza concerning the Fîrûz Ağa Madrasa was found in the readable sources; the Firuz Ağa Mosque in Istanbul was built in 1491 by Firuz Ağa, treasurer of Bayezid II, and whether it belonged to the same person as the madrasa in Havza could not be verified. No source other than Hüsameddin was found for the Eğraklızâde family and the nickname "Gözübüyük Müderris" either.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 55–55. amasya.bel.tr

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