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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Efendi — İmâm Hoca

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 53 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya’da bi’t-tahsîl ders-i âm ve 1129’da Şâmlılar Mahallesi’nde Ayas Ağa Câmiine imâm ve ba’dehû kürsü şeyhi olduğu hâlde 1147 cumâdelâhiresinin yirmi üçüncü günü vefât etdi. Âlim, vâ’iz, sâlih bir zât idi. Mahdûmu es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi yerine imâm olduysa da 1156’da Hâfız Ali Efendi’ye imâmeti ferâgat etdi. Kudât-ı ulemâdandır. [144]

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In Modern English

After completing his studies in Amasya he became ders-i âm. In 1129 [1717] he became imam of the Ayas Ağa Mosque in the Şâmlılar quarter, and then kürsü şeyhi. He died on the twenty-third day of Jumada al-Akhirah 1147 [1734]. He was a scholar, preacher and pious man. His son es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi became imam in his place, but in 1156 [1743-44] he relinquished the imamate to Hâfız Ali Efendi. He was among the kadıs and scholars.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • bi't-tahsîl: having completed his studies
  • ders-i âm: a müderris giving public lectures
  • kürsü şeyhi: official who gives lessons and sermons from the pulpit in a mosque
  • ferâgat: giving up a right or an office
  • vâ'iz: one who preaches

The Ayas Ağa Mosque

The Ayas Ağa Complex, located in the quarter also known as Şamlar or Şâmlılar, consists of a mosque, a madrasa and a children's school. The founder of the complex is Ayas Ağa, one of the palace gate aghas of the time of Bayezid II. Hüsameddin reports that the complex, which has no inscription, was built in 900 [1494-95]. It is said that on its site there was earlier the Şamlar Mosque, a charitable work of the Danishmend emir Melik Gazi. The mosque is built of rubble stone and brick, square in plan and single-domed; the madrasa consists of nine cells enclosing the courtyard north of the mosque on the west and north, and is also called Küçük Kapı Ağası and Küçük Ağa. The mosque is open for worship today.

İbrâhim Efendi's death in 1147 and his son's relinquishing of the imamate to Hâfız Ali Efendi in 1156 show that the mosque was still functioning in the eighteenth century. No information on these persons was found in any source other than Hüsameddin. In one article the tekke around the same mosque is mentioned as being near the İlyas Ağa Mosque (Şamlar Mosque); the spelling "Ayas" and "İlyas" differs between sources.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 53–53. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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