Amasyalıdır. Kudâttan olup Mehmed Paşa Mahallesi’nde bir mescid-i şerîf yaptıran Hayreddîn Hızır Efendizâde Ahmed Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Amasya’da hutût-ı mütenevvi’ayı hattât-ı meşhûr Mehmed Çelebi’den ve ulûmı Amasya fuzalâsından temeşşuk ve ahz [94] edib ders-i âm oldu.
Ba’dehû Atabeg, Halfet Gâzi, Yörgüç Paşa Medreselerine müderris ve Köprü, Merzifon, Amasya kadısı, 1036’da Trabzon kadısı ve Evkâf-ı Rûmiye müfettişi, 1039’da Sofya mollası, ba’dehû mükerreren Amasya kadısı ve 1047 zilhiccesinde Kayseriye mollası, ba’dehû Karahisâr-ı Şarkî kadısı ve 1055’de Mar’aş mollası oldu.
1056’da ber-vech-i tekâ’üd Mehmed Paşa müderrisi olduğu halde 1058 receb gurresinde Amasya kadısı olup 1059 senesi rebiülevvelinin yirmi birinci günü dâr-ı bekâya irtihâl etdi. Fuhûl-i ulemâdan, fudalâ-yı mevâliden fakih, ulûm-i şer’iyede kâmil, afîf, hattât-ı meşhûr idi.
Tezevvüc etdiği Mehmed Paşazâde Kurd Mahmûd Bey’in kerîmesi Aynî Hâtun’dan Mehmed, Mustafa, Ahmed ve Köprülü Durak Ağa’nın kerîmesi Hayrunnisâ Hâtun’dan Abdullah Efendiler nâmıyla dört mahdûmu ma’rûfdur. Bunun evlâdıyla Mehmed Paşazâde Hüseyin Bey’in kerîmesi Ayşe Hâtun evlâdı Seydîzâdelerden Kurd Mehmed Bey ve evlâdı arasında Hızır ve Mehmed Paşalar [95] evkâfı tevliyeti bir asr kadar mahkemeyi işgâl etdi. Hayreddînzâde Mehmed Efendi ricâlden ve mütevellî Ahmed Çelebizâde Ali Bey de mütevellî iken 1124’de azl ü nefy edilerek tevliyet Kurdzâdelere intikâl etdi.
In Modern English
He was from Amasya. He was the son of Ahmed Efendi, Hayreddîn Hızır Efendizâde, one of the judges, who had a mosque built in the Mehmed Pasha Quarter. In Amasya he learned the various kinds of script from the famous calligrapher Mehmed Çelebi, and the sciences from the scholars of Amasya, and became a public-lecture teacher.
Then he became professor at the Atabeg, Halfet Gâzi and Yörgüç Pasha madrasas; judge of Köprü, Merzifon and Amasya; in 1036 [1626-27] judge of Trabzon and inspector of the Rum waqfs; and in 1039 [1629-30] molla of Sofia. Afterwards he was judge of Amasya several times, in Dhu'l-Hijja 1047 [1638] molla of Kayseriye, then judge of Karahisâr-ı Şarkî, and in 1055 [1645] molla of Maraş.
In 1056 [1646], while professor of the Mehmed Pasha Madrasa in the form of retirement, he became judge of Amasya at the beginning of Receb 1058 [1648] and died on the twenty-first day of Rabi' al-awwal 1059 [1649]. He was one of the great scholars, one of the elite of the learned class; a jurist, mature in the religious sciences, chaste, and a famous calligrapher.
Four sons are known: Mehmed, Mustafa and Ahmed, from Aynî Hatun, daughter of Kürd Mahmûd Bey, son of Mehmed Pasha, whom he married; and Abdullah Efendi from Hayrunnisâ Hatun, daughter of Köprülü Durak Agha. Between his children and Kürd Mehmed Bey of the Seydîzâdes and his children, descended from Ayşe Hatun, daughter of Hüseyin Bey, son of Mehmed Pasha, the administration (mütevelli-ship) of the Hızır Pasha and Mehmed Pasha waqfs occupied the court for about a century. Hayreddînzâde Mehmed Efendi was among the notables of the state; the administrator Ahmed Çelebizâde Ali Bey was dismissed from office while administrator in 1124 [1712] and sent into exile, and the administratorship passed to the Kürdzâdes.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kudât: judges
- mescid-i şerîf: small mosque, mescit
- hutût-ı mütenevvi'a: various kinds of script
- temeşşuk: calligraphic practice, writing exercise
- ders-i âm: one who gives public lectures
- molla: high-ranking judge of a large city
- Evkâf-ı Rûmiye müfettişi: official who inspected the waqfs of Anatolia
- mekerreren: repeatedly
- fuhûl-i ulemâ: great scholars
- afîf: chaste
- kerîme: daughter
- tevliyet: administratorship of a waqf
- azl ü nefy: dismissal and exile
The Mehmed Pasha and Hızır Pasha Waqfs
The Mehmed Pasha Complex was built by Hızır Paşazâde Mehmed Pasha, vizier of Bayezid II and lala of Prince Ahmed, and was completed in Muharram 891 (January 1486). The complex consisted of a mosque, madrasa, imaret, tomb, guesthouse (tabhane), zawiya, fountain and cemetery; the madrasa and imaret beside the fountain burned and have not survived. The post Hüsameddin calls "professor of Mehmed Pasha" relates to this madrasa. The Hızır Pasha Madrasa, on the other hand, is a complex built in 1466 consisting of a mosque, imaret, bath, school and şadırvan.
The last part of the text tells of a dispute lasting a century over the administratorship of these two waqfs. This dispute ended when the Kürdzâdes took over the administratorship in 1124 [1712]. The lineage of Kürd Mahmûd Bey and the Mehmed Paşazâdes could not be verified in another source with the same detail.
The Atabeg Madrasa and the Calligrapher Mehmed Çelebi
The Atabeg Madrasa was built in 1322 by Nâsırüddîn Ahmed, emir of Amasya; it has five rooms, one lecture hall and a garden. No information could be found in another source about the famous calligrapher Mehmed Çelebi from whom Hayreddînzâde İbrâhim Efendi learned calligraphy. The root of the art of calligraphy in Amasya goes back to Şeyh Hamdullah; this information is also seen in entry 115.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 39–39. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
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