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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Halvetî — Pîr Baba

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 33 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Köprülüdür. Eş-Şeyh Aydın el-Havetî hizmetinde tahsîl-i ilm ü hâl edib hilâfet aldı. Şeyhinin vefâtında zâviyesi şeyhi olup irşâd-ı tâlibîn ile iştigâl ve ibâdete hasr-ı işgâl ederek 912 hudûdunda vefât eyledi. Âlim, müteşerri’ bir zât idi.

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In Modern English

He was from Köprü. In the service of Şeyh Aydın el-Halvetî he learned scholarship and Sufi maturity and received the caliphate (hilâfet). On his master's death he became sheikh of his zawiya, and, busying himself with guiding seekers onto the path and devoting himself to worship, he died around 912 [1506-07]. He was a scholar, bound to the sharia.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • tahsîl-i ilm ü hâl: learning both scholarship and Sufi states
  • hilâfet: the sheikh's permission, authority to guide on his behalf
  • zâviye: tekke, dervish lodge
  • irşâd-ı tâlibîn: guiding seekers onto the path
  • müteşerri': bound to the sharia
  • hasr-ı işgâl: devoting one's time to a single occupation

Halvetism in Amasya

The Halvetî order spread in Amasya through Pîr İlyâs Amâsî (d. 833/1429); the attribution by some researchers of this to Bayezid II's governorship of Amasya is not considered correct. It is written that the first lodge established in Anatolia under the name Halvetiyye was Pîr İlyâs's Gümüşlüoğlu Tekke in Amasya. In the city, the Çilehâne, Şamlar, Şehre Küstü, Kuşbaz, Hızır Pasha, Çevikce, Meydan, Sâdeddîn, Hoca Sultan, Ehlullah and other Halvetî tekkes are listed. With which of these tekkes the "Şeyh Aydın" to whom İbrâhim Halvetî of the entry was attached, and his own zawiya, were associated could not be established in the studies consulted. What place the word "Köprülü" in the text points to is also not clear from the entry.

In Merzifon there is the tomb of a dervish known as "Piri Baba"; this person, described by Evliya Çelebi, was a mystic who came from Khorasan. Since no link could be established between him and Hüsameddin's İbrâhim Halvetî, they should not be confused because of the similarity of names. No information on the man of the entry was found in any other source.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 33–33. amasya.bel.tr

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