Meşâyihden mütevellî Feyzullah Efendi bin eş-Şeyh Ahmed Efendi bin Hacı Mehmed Çelebi mahdûmudur. Şeyh Cûî evlâdından oldukları mervîdir. Pederi Şeyh Cûî Vakfı mütevellîsi olup Mesnevîhân Derviş Mehmed Dede’nin vefâtıyla 1166’da Amasya Mevlevîhânesi mesnevihânı ve ba’dehû şeyhi olup 1177’de vefât etdi. Mahdûmu Feyzullah Dede ma’rûfdur.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
İsmâil Efendi (Hacızâde)
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 315 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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In Modern English
He was among the sheikhs, the son of the trustee Feyzullah Efendi; Feyzullah Efendi was the son of Şeyh Ahmed Efendi, who was the son of Hacı Mehmed Çelebi. It is related that they descended from Şeyh Cûî. His father was trustee of the Şeyh Cûî Foundation; on the death of the Mesnevîhân Derviş Mehmed Dede he became mesnevihan of the Amasya Mevlevi lodge in 1166 [1752-53], later its sheikh, and died in 1177 [1763-64]. His son Feyzullah Dede is well known.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- meşâyih: sheikhs
- mütevellî: trustee who manages a foundation (waqf)
- mervî: related, reported
- mesnevîhân: the officer of a Mevlevi lodge who reads and expounds the Mesnevî
- Mevlevîhâne: Mevlevi lodge
- dede: a title given to Mevlevi elders
- ma'rûf: well known
The Amasya Mevlevi Lodge
According to a study on Mevlevism in Amasya, the building stood east of the Saraçhane Quarter, on the bank of the Yeşilırmak near the Hükümet Bridge. Old records call it "Mevlevîhâne-i Merhum Alâeddin" and "Mevlevîhâne-i Pervâne". The foundation deed was lost in 1661; its contents were reconstructed from the oral accounts of those who had seen it, from which it was understood that the building was founded by Alâeddin Ali Pervâne Bey and that its endowments were arranged in 1314. The lodge burned in 1602; in 1637 Bayram Pasha, a former grand vizier, had water brought to Amasya, built a caravanserai and a Mevlevi lodge, and the endowments were enlarged. The sheikhs after this rebuilding are listed as Mehmed Arif Dede, his son-in-law Mahmud Dede, Abdülkadir Dede and Alâeddin Dede; after the death of Alâeddin Dede in 1700, Bilal Efendi became sheikh. The building is believed to have been demolished around 1925, when the orders were abolished, as it was left without an owner and a square was opened. Another encyclopedia entry also mentions that Bayram Pasha founded the Amasya Mevlevi lodge in the seventeenth century.
Şeyh Cûî
According to the same study, Şeyh Cûî Dede served as a Mevlevi sheikh in Amasya and was held in great esteem by the people. In 1414 he had a Mevlevi lodge, a dervish lodge, a school and a fountain built in his own village and endowed all the village land to the lodge. The village was long called Şeyhcui, and its official name today is Yuvacık. It is plausible that the "Şeyh Cûî Foundation" in the text is connected to this endowment, but the source read does not state the link explicitly.
Ambiguity in the Text
In Hüsameddin's sentence, the subject of the statements that the father was trustee and that the post of mesnevihan, and then sheikh, was taken in 1166 is not clearly separated; the rendering above preserves this ambiguity. The names Mesnevîhân Derviş Mehmed Dede, İsmâil Efendi and his son Feyzullah Dede do not appear in the study on Amasya Mevlevism that was read, and no other information was found on these men.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 315. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdulhalim Durma, "Amasya'da Mevlevilik", Semazen (Mevlânâ Küllîyatı) website, articles section. Durma's own bibliography includes Hüseyin Hüsameddin, Amasya Tarihi, vol. I.
Academic studies
- "Mevleviyye", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mevleviyye
Books
- "Şeyh Cui Baba Türbesi / Amasya, Merkez, Yuvacık Köyü", Sosyo Denemeler, 18 August 2013.