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İbrâhim Efendi — Hatîb el-Hâc

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 48 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Gelgirâslıdır. Mustafa bin İbrâhim oğludur. Gelgirâs’da müderris ve müftü olan Eğraklızâde es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi’den ikmâl-i [128] tahsîl edib Gelgirâs hatîbi oldu. Ba’dehû üstâdıyla beraber Amasya’ya nakl-i hâne edib Amasya’da ders-i âm ve sonra Hakala’da Muhyiddîn Mehmed Bey Medresesi müderrisi oldu. Cumalarda îfâ-yı hitâbet için Gelgirâs’a gidip gelirdi. 1112’de Hicâz’a gitdi. 1121 senesi şevvâlinde Amasya’da vefât etdi. Meşâhîr-i ulemâdan fakih, müteşerri’, “Hacı Hatîb” demekle meşhûr olduğunu ve terceme-i hâlini Eşref Abdurrahman Efendi yazıyor.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was from Gelgirâs, the son of Mustafa bin İbrâhim. He completed his education under Eğraklızâde es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi, müderris and mufti in Gelgirâs, and became hatib (preacher) of Gelgirâs. He then moved to Amasya with his teacher, received the authorization to give public lectures in Amasya, and afterward became müderris of the Muhyiddîn Mehmed Bey Madrasa in Hakala. He would go back and forth to Gelgirâs to deliver the Friday sermon. In 1112 [1700-01] he went to the Hejaz. He died in Amasya in Şevval 1121 [December 1709]. Eşref Abdurrahman Efendi writes that he was one of the well-known scholars, a jurist, faithful to the sharia, famous as "Hacı Hatîb", and he wrote his biography.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • hatîb: the person who delivers the Friday and festival sermons
  • ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
  • nakl-i hâne: moving house, settling elsewhere
  • ders-i âm: a madrasa professor authorized to give public lectures
  • îfâ-yı hitâbet: carrying out the duty of delivering the sermon
  • meşâhîr-i ulemâ: well-known scholars
  • fakîh: a scholar of Islamic law

Gelgirâs

Gelgirâs is a settlement mentioned in Katip Çelebi's Cihannümâ among the dependencies of Amasya, with mosques, a madrasa and baths, and with a population of virtuous people. Its name is said to derive from the property being called "Gelin Kiraz" (Bride Cherry) when Kiraz Hatun, daughter of Alıcık Noyan, married İzzeddin Mehmed Pervane, later turning into Gelgiras; Kiraz Hatun also had a bath built here. In a village inventory, Gelgiras is written as one of the old names of the village of Karşıyaka, attached to Merzifon. İbrâhim Efendi's going back and forth to Gelgirâs on Fridays to deliver the sermon while teaching in Amasya shows the closeness between the two places.

The Muhyiddin Mehmed Bey Madrasa in Hakala

The Muhyiddin Mehmed Bey Madrasa in Hakala was built in 1541 by Hacı Beyzâde Muhyiddin Mehmed Çelebi, and the madrasa gave instruction until the mid-nineteenth century. It was a madrasa of the same class as the Kasım Bey Madrasa and popular in the area, and since it stood near the village bath, many leading scholars taught here. İbrâhim Efendi moved to Amasya with his teacher Eğraklızâde, and obtained this post in Hakala from there. For Eşref Abdurrahman Efendi's records see 6-142. No separate record was found about his teacher Eğraklızâde Mehmed Efendi.

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