Amasya kudâtından es-Seyyid el-Hâc İbrâhim Efendi’nin oğludur. Ürgüplü el-Hâc Efendi’den ahz-ı ulûm ederek mücâz ve ders-i âm, kasabâta nâib ve kadı olup a’yân sırasına girdi. Ba’dehû Saraç-hâne ittisâlinde kâin Ak Hasanzâde el-Hâc Ali Efendi’nin i’mâr etdirdiği medrese müderrisi ve 1223’de hacıbaşı olduğu hâlde sene-i mezbûre sonlarında vefât etdi. A’yân-ı ulemâ ve kudâtdandır.
Mahdûmu es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi de kudâtdan olup 1268’de Köprü kadısı iken vefât etdi. Bunun metrûkesini “Köşe Kadısı” demekle meşhûr Zanalızâde es-Seyyid Mustafa Efendi tezevvüç etmekle bunun evlâdına da “Kadızâde” dendi. Bu Mustafa Efendi’nin oğlu Bakkal el-Hâc İbrâhim Efendi 1328’de vefât etdi. Oğulları Mehmed, Abdulvâhid, Hasan Efendilerdir.
In Modern English
He was the son of Seyyid Hacı İbrâhim Efendi, one of the kadıs of Amasya. He studied under Ürgüplü Hacı Ahmed Efendi, received the ijaza, and became a ders-i âm; he served as deputy judge and kadı in the townships and thereby entered the ranks of the ayan. Later he became professor at the madrasa adjoining the Saraçhane, built by Ak Hasanzâde Hacı Ali Efendi. In 1223 [1808-09] he was hajji chief, and he died at the end of that same year. He was one of the scholars and kadıs among the ayan.
His son Seyyid Mehmed Efendi was also a kadı, and he died in 1268 [1851-52] while kadı of Köprü. Because Zanalızâde Seyyid Mustafa Efendi, known as the "Köşe Kadısı", married his widow, the children of this Mustafa Efendi too came to be called "Kadızâde". Mustafa Efendi's son Bakkal Hacı İbrâhim Efendi died in 1328 [1910-11]. His sons are Mehmed, Abdulvâhid and Hasan Efendis.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kudât: kadıs (judges)
- ahz-ı ulûm: taking up learning, studying
- mücâz ve ders-i âm: one who has received the ijaza and gained the authority to give lectures open to the public
- kasabât: townships; nâib: deputy of a kadı, the official who conducted judicial business in the districts
- ba'dehû: after this, later
- ittisâl: adjacency, being side by side; kâin: situated
- hacıbaşı: the head of the hajjis in the city, president of the hajjis' council
- sene-i mezbûre: the year mentioned
- metrûke: the spouse a deceased person left behind, the widow
- tezevvüc: marriage
Four Generations of a Judge's Family
The entry is a short record of a family that carried on judgeship and madrasa teaching in Amasya from father to son. The subject of the entry, the son of the kadı Seyyid Hacı İbrâhim Efendi, was first trained as a madrasa professor, then served as deputy judge and kadı in the townships, and finally returned to Amasya, where he taught at a madrasa and also took on a post given to the city's notables, that of hajji chief. His son Seyyid Mehmed Efendi died in 1268 [1851-52] while kadı of the Köprü district of the sanjak of Amasya, that is, present-day Vezirköprü. The family name "Kadızâde" later passed to the Zanalızades through a marriage: the children of Zanalızâde Seyyid Mustafa Efendi, the "Köşe Kadısı", who married Mehmed Efendi's widow, were also known by this name. That Mustafa Efendi's son Hacı İbrâhim Efendi, whom Hüsameddin calls by the nickname "Bakkal", died in 1328 [1910-11] shows that the information about the family extends to the author's own time.
The teacher of the subject of the entry, Ürgüplü Hacı Ahmed Efendi, was a scholar who trained many students in Amasya in the late eighteenth century and gave the ijaza in exegesis, hadith, principles and jurisprudence. In those same years he also served as mufti of Amasya; in February 1794, after the court raid in which the Nizâm-ı Cedîd register was torn up, he was removed from his post on the ground that he had acted together with the Janissaries, and a few months later he was appointed mufti again. The same teacher is mentioned in entry 226 of this volume.
The Madrasa Next to the Saraçhane
The place Hüsameddin describes as "adjoining the Saraçhane" is the area around the Saraçhane Mosque, in today's Hatuniye quarter of Amasya, on Ziya Paşa Boulevard and beside the Şehzadeler promenade. This building, also called the Şadgeldi Pasha Mosque, was built in 1372 by Şadgeldi Pasha, the emir of Amasya. The mosque, originally square in plan with a single dome, was later turned into a rectangular plan by the addition of a space; it has a cylindrical brick minaret, a seven-bay last-congregation porch and an interior decorated with painted ornament.
As for the madrasa built next to the mosque by Ak Hasanzâde Hacı Ali Efendi, it was not found in the sources read. The name of this building, its founder, and whether it still stands today could not be verified from another source. No information was found in other sources about the other members of the Kadızâde family or about Zanalızâde Seyyid Mustafa Efendi.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 69. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
- Sabit Genç, "Nizam-ı Cedid'in Amasya Sancağındaki Yansımaları", Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 8/2 (2025), pp. 335-362.
Official sources
- T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Portalı, "Saraçhane Camii" (kulturportali.gov.tr).
- T.C. Vezirköprü Kaymakamlığı, "Vezirköprü'nün Tarihçesi" (vezirkopru.gov.tr).
Books
- Mehmet Uyar, "Hicâbî, Abdülbâki Gül Baba", Türk Edebiyatı İsimler Sözlüğü, 2014 (teis.yesevi.edu.tr).