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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İsmâil Efendi, Müderris es-Seyyid

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 319 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalı es-Seyyid Hüseyin’in mahdûmudur. Ulemâdan tahsîl-i ulûm etdikden sonra ders-i âm oldu. Hayli müddet tedrîs ile iştiğâl edib 1199’da Mehmed Paşa Câmii ittisâlindeki Fatıma Hâtun Medresesine müderris olduğu halde 1203 senesi cumâdelûlâsının üçüncü günü vefât etdi. Âlim, kâmil, vâiz bir zât idi.

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In Modern English

He was the son of Seyyid Hüseyin of Amasya. After completing his studies under the scholars, he became a teacher giving open lectures. After occupying himself with teaching for a considerable time, in 1199 [1784-85] he became müderris of the Fatıma Hatun Madrasa adjoining the Mehmed Pasha Mosque, and in that post he died on the third day of Cemâziyelevvel 1203 [1788-89]. He was a learned, accomplished man and a preacher.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • ders-i âm: a teacher giving open lectures
  • tedrîs: teaching
  • iştigâl: occupying oneself
  • ittisâl: adjacency, being side by side
  • kâmil: accomplished, having completed his learning
  • vâiz: a person who gives religious sermons

The Mehmed Pasha Mosque and the Fatıma Hatun Madrasa

The mosque in the text must be the Mehmed Pasha Mosque in Amasya. Because no detailed source page on this building could be reached, nothing is given here about the mosque's date or patron. Searches for the Fatıma Hatun Madrasa likewise turned up no record that firmly documents its name and location. Whether the building stands today could not be determined.

A study of the müderrises of Amasya draws on the records of the reign of Abdülhamid II in the Meşîhat Archive and reports that more than forty madrasas have been identified in the city. Because that study deals with the müderrises of the late nineteenth century, it does not directly cover Seyyid İsmâil Efendi, who was appointed müderris in 1199. No information on this person was found in other sources.

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