Ziyarelidir. Ziyareli Müftüzâ de el-Hâc Ahmed Efendi’nin mahdûmu olup Amasya’da fâzıl-ı meşhûr Şeyhzâde es-Seyyid el-Hâc Abdullah Vecîh Efendi’den ahz-ı ulûm edib Ziyâre Keçioğlu Câmi-i Şerîfi imâmı ve es-Seyyid eş-Şeyh Abdulbâkî Hicâbî Efendi’nin dâmâdı oldu.
Şeyh-i müşârün-ileyhin halîfesi olduğundan 1238’de vefâtı üzerine Hicâbî Tekkesi şeyhi ve Keçioğlu Câmii vâ’izi oldu. Va’z u irşâd ve imâmetle halka hidemât-ı dîniyye îfâ ederek 1253 senesi hilâlinde vefât etdi. Meşâhîr-i sülehâdan, âlim, halûk, müteşerri’ bir zât idi. [210]
In Modern English
He is from Ziyare. He is the son of Ziyareli Müftüzâde Hacı Ahmed Efendi. In Amasya he studied under the famous scholar Şeyhzâde Seyyid Hacı Abdullah Vecîh Efendi, and became imam of the Keçioğlu Mosque in Ziyare and son-in-law of Seyyid Şeyh Abdülbâki Hicâbî Efendi.
Because he was the said sheikh's khalifa, when the sheikh died in 1238 [1822-23] he became sheikh of the Hicâbî Lodge and preacher of the Keçioğlu Mosque. Rendering religious services to the people through preaching, guidance and the imamate, he died in the first days of 1253 [April 1837]. He was one of the well-known pious men, learned, of good character, and strictly bound to the commands of religion.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- fâzıl-ı meşhûr: a well-known, virtuous scholar
- ahz-ı ulûm: acquiring learning
- dâmâd: son-in-law, one who marries the daughter
- şeyh-i müşârün-ileyh: the said sheikh
- halîfe: the disciple whom a sheikh authorizes to succeed him and to guide others
- va'z u irşâd: giving sermons and showing the right path
- hidemât-ı dîniyye: religious services
- sülehâ: pious, devout people
- halûk: of good character, gentle in temperament
- müteşerri': strictly bound to the rulings of the sharia
The Second Sheikh of the Hicâbî Lodge
İbrâhim Efendi is the son-in-law and heir to the seat of Abdülbâki Hicâbî Efendi, the best-known spiritual figure of the town of Ziyaret (formerly Ziyare). Hicâbî Efendi was a scholar who came from Bahçesaray in Crimea, studied in Amasya under Ürgüplü Hacı Ahmed Efendi, and then attached himself to Turhallı Şeyh Mustafa Efendi, of the Müceddidî branch of the Naqshbandi order. After settling in Ziyaret he had a lodge built next to the Keçioğlu Mosque in 1212 [1797] and had the mosque repaired too. From this date the mosque began to be called the "Hicâbî Baba Mosque".
Present-day sources confirm and complete the information Hüsameddin gives: after Hicâbî Efendi's death his khalifa and son-in-law Seyyid Şeyh İbrâhim Zühdî Efendi took his place, and with his death the lodge was turned into a school and lost its character as a lodge. That is, the İbrâhim Efendi of the entry is called "Zühdî" in some sources and is the second and last sheikh of the Hicâbî Lodge. In Hüsameddin's Hicâbî entry too, "his son-in-law Ziyâreli eş-Şeyh İbrâhim Efendi" is counted first of the three famous khalifas, and it is noted that he is buried beside his sheikh. Some sources also give the name of Dağıstanlı Şeyh Hacı Yâsin Efendi as a second khalifa of Hicâbî.
The Tomb and Mosque Today
The Hicâbî Baba Mosque and tomb stand today in the town of Ziyaret. It is recorded that the tomb contains four men's graves together with Hicâbî Efendi, and that a woman was later buried there too; according to Hüsameddin, İbrâhim Efendi is also buried beside his sheikh. The tomb is open to visitors and is a place the people of Ziyaret often visit. The people of the area also call Hicâbî "Gül Baba"; according to local tradition, the change of the town's old name "Ziyere" to "Ziyaret" is also because of this tomb. A legend is also told that Hicâbî's name came from a remark his sheikh made about his shyness ("hicap").
Hüsameddin places İbrâhim Efendi's death at the beginning of 1253. The year 1238 that he gives as the death date of his father-in-law agrees with present-day sources.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 72–72. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, entry "Hicâbî Abdulbâkî Efendi-Şeyh-i Nakşibendî", vol. 8, pp. 568–570.
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Other sources