Mukaddimât-ı ulûmu vatanında görüp Amasya‘ya geldikte allâme-i zaman Ürgüplü el-Hâc Ahmed Efendi’nin halka-i tedrîsine muvâzabet ederek ikmâl-i tahsîl etdi. Ba’dehû ders-i âm olup otuz yıldan ziyâde tedrîs ve neşr-i ulûma bezl-i himmet eyledi.
Türedizâde el-Hâc Süleyman Ağa’nın Narlıbahçe ittisâlinde binâ etdiği Medrese-i Süleymaniye müderrisi olduğu halde 1207’de Hicâz’a gidip Mekke-i Mükerreme’de zilhicce evâsıtında vefât etdi. Âlim, ulûm-ı şer’iyyede [187] mâhir, vâiz, sâlih bir zât olduğu “Kitâbü’l-Mecmu”da muharrerdir. Mahdûmları Ahmed, Mehmed Efendilerdir. El-Hâc Ahmed Efendi Kilislioğlu demekle meşhûr olup 1258’de vefât etdi.
In Modern English
He studied the elementary sciences in his home region; when he came to Amasya he attended the teaching circle of the great scholar of the age, Ürgüplü Hacı Ahmed Efendi, and completed his studies. He then became a teacher of open lectures and for more than thirty years devoted effort to teaching and spreading learning.
While müderris of the Süleymaniye Madrasa that Türedizâde Hacı Süleyman Ağa built beside Narlıbahçe, he went to the Hijaz in 1207 [1792-93] and died at Mecca around the middle of Zilhicce. It is written in "Kitâbü'l-Mecmû" that he was a scholar, expert in the religious sciences, a preacher and a pious man. His sons are Ahmed and Mehmed Efendi. Hacı Ahmed Efendi was known as Kilislioğlu and died in 1258 [1842-43].
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mukaddimât-ı ulûm: the elementary sciences taught at the start of study
- allâme-i zaman: the great scholar of the age
- halka-i tedrîs: a teaching circle held with students seated around the teacher
- muvâzabet: attending regularly, without lapse
- ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
- neşr-i ulûm: spreading learning
- bezl-i himmet: making an effort
- ittisâl: adjacency
- evâsıt: the middle part
- ulûm-ı şer'iyye: the religious sciences
- muharrer: written
The Süleymaniye Madrasa and Its Surroundings
Searches for the Süleymaniye Madrasa in the Narlıbahçe area mentioned in the text, for Türedizâde Hacı Süleyman Ağa who built it, and for Ürgüplü Hacı Ahmed Efendi turned up no record. A study of the madrasas and müderrises of Amasya reports that more than forty madrasas have been identified in the city; but since that study rests on the archive records of the reign of Abdülhamid II, it does not cover this eighteenth-century müderris. The text records that İsmâil Efendi went to the Hijaz and died at Mecca; beyond that, the circumstances of his death are not known. It could not be determined which book is meant by the work called "Kitâbü'l-Mecmû." No information on this person was found in other sources.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, pp. 320–321. amasya.bel.tr
- Hasan Telli, "Meşîhat Arşivi'ne Göre Amasya Müderrisleri", Kocatepe İslami İlimler Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2 (2024), pp. 732–758. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/kiid/issue/88516/1512049