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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Efendi — Kadızâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 51 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Mevâliden Amasyalı Hacı Efendizâde Ömer Efendi evlâdından ve kudâtdan el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi bin Ömer Efendi’nin mahdûmu ve el-Hâc İbrâhim Efendi’nin yeğenidir. Bi’t-tahsîl ders-i âm, Amasya ve İstanbul’da müderris, ba’dehû kadı ve 1138’de Medîne-i Münevvere nâibi olarak Hicâz’a gitdi. 1140’da orada vefât etdi. Âlim, sâlih, müstakîm idi. Mahdûmları Şeyhî Mehmed, Abdurrahîm Efendilerdir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was a native of Amasya. He was a descendant of Hacı Efendizâde Ömer Efendi, of the mevâlî (upper-rank ilmiye) families of Amasya, and the son of el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi bin Ömer Efendi, one of the kadıs; he was also the nephew of el-Hâc İbrâhim Efendi. When he finished his studies he became ders-i âm (a müderris giving public lectures), served as müderris in Amasya and Istanbul, then became a kadı, and in 1138 [1725-26] went to the Hejaz as deputy kadı of Medina the Radiant. He died there in 1140 [1727-28]. He was a scholar, pious and upright. His sons were Şeyhî Mehmed Efendi and Abdurrahîm Efendi.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mevâlî: müderrises and kadıs who had reached the upper ranks of the ilmiye class
  • kudât: kadıs
  • ders-i âm: a müderris with authority to give public lectures
  • nâib: one who stands in for a kadı, his deputy
  • müstakîm: on the right path, honest

Judge and Deputy of Medina

After Medina came under Ottoman rule, a kadı was appointed to the city; because a significant part of the population were not of the Hanafi school, judges from the other schools were also appointed, while the Hanafi kadı continued to preside over the sharia court. The post Hüsameddin calls "kadı naibi" can be understood within this arrangement as the kadı's deputy. That İbrahim Efendi went as deputy rather than as kadı may point to a lower-ranking post within the ilmiye; this is an interpretation.

Apart from the dates 1138 and 1140 given by Hüsameddin, no information on this person's service in Medina or his death was found in any other source.

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