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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Efendi — Memi Dedezâde, the Sheikh

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 38 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya’da Memi Dede demekle meşhûr Şâmîce Mahallesi’nde Hızır Paşa Tekkesi şeyhi Muhyiddîn Mehmed Efendi bin İbrâhim’in mahdûmudur. Memi Dede halifesi Kutb Ahmed Efendi sohbetinde tahsîl-i ma’ârif-i sufiye ve tefeyyüz ederek müşârün-ileyhin 1038’de irtihâli üzerine Hızır Paşa Tekkesi şeyhi oldu. İrşâd ve ibâdet, va’z u nasihatle iştigâl ederek 1044’de dâr-ı na’ime irtihâl etdi. Âlim, vâ’iz, ârif bir şeyh idi. Ammizâdesi Şeyh Hüsâmeddîn Efendi yerine geçdi. Pederi yanında medfûndur.

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In Modern English

He was the son of Muhyiddîn Mehmed Efendi son of İbrâhim, known in Amasya as Memi Dede, sheikh of the Hızır Pasha Lodge in the Şâmîce Quarter. He learned the knowledge of Sufism and received spiritual benefit in the company of Memi Dede's successor (halife) Kutb Ahmed Efendi, and when the latter died in 1038 [1628-29] he became sheikh of the Hızır Pasha Lodge. Occupied with guidance, worship, sermons and counsel, he died in 1044 [1634-35].

He was a sheikh who was a scholar, a preacher and a mystic. His cousin on the father's side, Sheikh Hüsâmeddîn Efendi, succeeded him. He is buried beside his father.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mahdûm: son
  • tahsîl-i ma'ârif-i sûfiyye: learning the knowledge of Sufism
  • tefeyyüz: receiving spiritual benefit, being granted a spiritual share
  • irtihâl: departure, death
  • dâr-ı na'îm: abode of bliss, paradise
  • irşâd: giving guidance
  • vâ'iz: one who preaches
  • ammizâde: son of a paternal uncle
  • medfûn: buried

The Hızır Pasha Lodge and Memi Dede

The Hızır Pasha Lodge stood in the old Şâmîce Quarter, around today's Gökmedrese, on the west side of the Gökmedrese Mosque. The lodge burned in 1688 (1099). In studies on the Halvetî lodges in Amasya, Memi Dede and Memi Dedezâde İbrâhim Efendi are mentioned among the sheikhs of the Hızır Pasha Lodge. Kutb Ahmed Efendi, on the other hand, appears in these studies as the sheikh of the İmaret Lodge in Amasya; Hüsameddin, however, counts him as Memi Dede's successor and ties İbrâhim Efendi's sheikhship at the Hızır Pasha Lodge to his death.

It was not possible to verify in another source, in the same form, the order of sheikhs that Hüsameddin gives (Muhyiddîn Mehmed Efendi, Kutb Ahmed Efendi, İbrâhim Efendi, Hüsâmeddîn Efendi). The brother of the same sheikh, Hamdullah Efendi, and the latter's son İbrâhim Efendi are mentioned in entry 124.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 38–38. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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