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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Efendi — Şeyhzâde Hâfız es-Seyyid

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 57 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. İçerişehir’de Müftüzâde Türbesi şeyhi Muhyiddîn Mehmed Efendi ahfâdından Hâfız Mehmed Efendi bin Abdullatîf Efendi bin eş-Şeyh Hayreddîn Hızır Efendi bin Muhyiddîn [158] Mehmed bin eş-Şeyh İcâdî Hayreddîn Hızır Efendi mahdûmudur. A’yân-ı sâdâtdan olup birkaç def’a nakîbü’l-eşrâf kâ’im-makâmı oldu. Hicâz’a gidip hâcıyân meclisine a’zâ olup 1159 senesi hilâlinde vefât etdi. Âlim, halûk, sâlih bir zât idi. Mahdûmu es-Seyyid Sa’deddîn Mehmed Efendi ve birâderi es-Seyyid Abdurrahman Efendi’dir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was from Amasya. He was a descendant of Muhyiddîn Mehmed Efendi, the sheikh of the Müftüzâde Tomb in İçerişehir, and the son of Hâfız Mehmed Efendi, son of Abdullatîf Efendi, son of Sheikh Hayreddîn Hızır Efendi, son of Muhyiddîn Mehmed, son of Sheikh İcâdî Hayreddîn Hızır Efendi. He was among the leading Seyyids; several times he served as acting deputy of the naqib al-ashraf. He went to the Hejaz, joined the assembly of pilgrims, and died at the beginning of 1159 [1746]. He was a learned, good-natured and devout man. His son is es-Seyyid Sa'deddîn Mehmed Efendi, and his brother is es-Seyyid Abdurrahman Efendi.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • İçerişehir: the old part of Amasya inside the citadel
  • ahfâd: grandchildren, descendants
  • a'yân-ı sâdât: the leading Seyyids
  • nakîbü'l-eşrâf kâ'im-makâmı: the deputy of the naqib al-ashraf, the local official in charge of the affairs of the Seyyids
  • hâcıyân meclisi: the assembly of those who had performed the pilgrimage
  • halûk: good-natured
  • hilâl: the new moon; the beginning of a year or month

The Head and the Deputy of the Seyyids

The naqib al-ashraf is the head of the Seyyids and Sharifs, the descendants of the Prophet. The purpose of the institution was to keep a record of the lineage of Seyyids and Sharifs, to grant them certain privileges and exemptions, and to issue documents proving their Seyyid status. In the provinces these matters were handled by the deputies of the naqib al-ashraf; a Seyyid who lost his genealogy applied to the naqib al-ashraf in the capital or to the deputies in the districts and had a copy drawn from the register. The researcher Ayhan Işık states that the institution was founded in the time of Bayezid II.

Hâfız Mehmed Efendi's lineage goes back to Muhyiddîn Mehmed Efendi, the sheikh of the Müftüzâde Tomb in İçerişehir. An article on the Halvetis of Amasya writes that the grave of Gümüşlüzâde Sheikh Muhyiddin Muhammed Halvetî was in a small private room behind a fountain at Selağzı, but that no trace of the tomb or the grave remains today. Whether it is the same place Hüsameddin calls the "Müftüzâde Tomb" is not certain. The name "Pîr Muhyiddin Mehmed Çelebi" also appears in the succession of sheikhs of the Yâkub Pasha Lodge; whether this name belongs to the same person as the Muhyiddîn Mehmed in Hüsameddin could not be determined.

No information on the family was found in any source other than Hüsameddin.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 57–57. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Other sources

Volume 6 contents