Amasya mahkemesi başkâtibi el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi bin Hâfız Ahmed Efendi bin Fazlullah Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Tahsîl-i ilim ve ma’rifet ederek pederinin hayâtında mukâtaât iltizâm ederek kesb-i yesâr etdi.
Ba’dehû nevâhî niyâbetlerinde bulunup 1156’da mahkeme kâtibi oldu. Gümüşlü Kâtib Mehmed Efendi ile birkaç defa halef ve selef olup 1171’de yine mahkeme kâtibi, 1173 senesi gurre-i muharreminde Kadı eş-Şeyh Mehmed Efendi tarafından Amasya nâibi oldu.
1174 senesi cumâdelâhire gurresinde niyâbetden infisâl edib kitâbetde kaldı. 1176 senesi zilhiccesinde irtihâl etdi. Ulûm-ı şer’iyye ve fıkıh ve usûle vâkıf [168] ta’lik-nüvîs, nâfizü’l-kelim idi. Mahdûmları es-Seyyid Feyzullah, Ahmed, Abdülfettah, Zekeriya Efendilerdir.¹²⁵
In Modern English
He was the son of Hacı Mehmed Efendi, chief scribe of the Amasya court; Mehmed Efendi was the son of Hafız Ahmed Efendi, who was the son of Fazlullah Efendi. He acquired learning and knowledge, and during his father's lifetime made a fortune by taking on tax-farming of state revenues (mukataa).
He then served as deputy judge in the surrounding districts, and in 1156 [1743-44] became scribe of the court. He succeeded and was succeeded by Gümüşlü Kâtip Mehmed Efendi several times; in 1171 [1757-58] he was court scribe again, and at the beginning of Muharram 1173 [1759] Kadı Şeyh Mehmed Efendi made him deputy judge of Amasya.
At the beginning of Cumâdelâhire 1174 [1761] he left the deputy judgeship and remained in the scribal office. He died in Zilhicce 1176 [1763]. He was knowledgeable in the religious sciences, jurisprudence and its methodology, wrote a fine ta'lik script and was a man whose word carried weight. His sons were Seyyid Feyzullah, Ahmed, Abdülfettah and Zekeriya Efendi.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mukâtaât iltizâm etmek: to take on a state revenue source for a set price and run it
- kesb-i yesâr: acquiring wealth
- nevâhî niyâbetleri: deputy judgeships in the surrounding districts
- halef ve selef: one succeeding the other
- gurre: the first day of the month
- infisâl: leaving an office
- kitâbet: the office of scribe
- ta'lik-nüvîs: one who writes the ta'lik script
- nâfizü'l-kelim: one whose word is heeded
- tevliyet: trusteeship
The Foundation Record in the Footnote
According to the book's footnote, because this İsmâil Efendi was trustee of the Dursun Bey Foundation, the trusteeship was given to his sons. When Zekeriya Efendi died in 1210 [1795-96], his share of the trusteeship passed to his brothers. No information was found in the sources read on the founding of the foundation, the identity of Dursun Bey or the buildings attached to the foundation.
Points That Could Not Be Verified
No information was found in the sources read on the Fazlızâde family, Gümüşlü Kâtip Mehmed Efendi, Kadı Şeyh Mehmed Efendi or the Amasya deputy judgeship of 1173.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 315. amasya.bel.tr