Akşehirlidir. Ahmed’in mahdûmu olup berâ-yı tahsîl Amasya‘ya geldi. Şeyhzâde Abdullah Vecîh Efendi’nin halka-i tedrîsinde kesb-i fezâil-i ilmiyye ederek üstâdının pederi olan eş-Şeyh Hasan Sinânî Efendi’nin hulefâsından eş-Şeyh Osmân Efendi’ye mürîd ve ders-i âm oldu.
Bir tarafdan Ya’kub Paşa Câmi-i şerîfinde vaaz ve nasîhat ederek halkı tenvîr ve diğer taraftan tarîk-i müstakîme irşâd etdi. 1247’de şeyhi Osmân Efendi’nin irtihâline binâen Çevikçe Tekkesi şeyhi oldu.
1253’de Sivas vâlisi Çerkes Hâfız Mehmed Paşa Serasker olarak Nizip harbine giderken Amasya Müftüsü Kabartalı Mehmed Efendi ile bunu beraber götürüp duâsından [203] istimdâd etdi. 1255’de mağlûbâne avdet edib 1259’da dâr-ı bekâya rihlet eyledi.
Meşâhir-i ulemâdan sâlih, müttakî, zâhid, gâyet müteşerrî, vâiz, nefesi müessir olarak i’tikâd edilirdi. Halk enfâs-ı tayyibesinden istişfâya koşardı. Şeyhinin yanında medfûndur.
In Modern English
He is from Akşehir. He is the son of Ahmed and came to Amasya to study. In the teaching circle of Şeyhzâde Abdullah Vecîh Efendi he attained scholarly maturity, and became a disciple and ders-i âm of Sheikh Osman Efendi, one of the successors of Sheikh Hasan Sinânî Efendi, the father of his teacher.
On one side he preached and gave counsel in the Yakub Pasha Mosque, enlightening the people, and on the other side he guided them to the right path. In 1247 [1831-32], when his sheikh Osman Efendi died, he became sheikh of the Çevikçe Lodge.
In 1253 [1837-38], when Çerkes Hâfız Mehmed Pasha, governor of Sivas, was going to the Nizip war as seraskar, he took him along with the mufti of Amasya, Kabartalı Mehmed Efendi, and sought help from his prayer. In 1255 [1839-40] he returned defeated; in 1259 [1843-44] he died.
He was believed to be among the renowned scholars: good, pious, detached from the world, strictly observant of the sharia, a preacher, whose breath was effective. People ran to him hoping for healing from his good breath. He is buried beside his sheikh.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- berâ-yı tahsîl: in order to study
- halka-i tedrîs: teaching circle
- kesb-i fezâil-i ilmiyye: acquiring scholarly excellence
- hulefâ: successors (caliphs, khalifes); students the sheikh authorized
- mürîd: one who attaches himself to a sheikh in a Sufi order
- tenvîr: enlightening
- tarîk-i müstakîm: the right path
- irşâd: guiding
- serasker: commander-in-chief of the army
- istimdâd: seeking help
- mağlûbâne: defeated
- dâr-ı bekâ: the abode of permanence, the afterlife
- müteşerri': observant of the sharia
- enfâs-ı tayyibe: good, blessed breaths
Hâfız Mehmed Pasha and Nizip
Hâfız Mehmed Pasha, of Circassian origin, was appointed in November 1836 with the rank of vizier as governor of Kurdistan and Sivas. In early 1839 he was placed at the head of the Ottoman army against Egypt as Serdâr-ı Ekrem, and the army was defeated at Nizip on 29 June 1839. Despite the defeat he retained the governorship of Sivas and in September of the same year became governor of Erzurum. This information agrees with Hüsameddin's phrase "Çerkes Hâfız Mehmed Pasha, governor of Sivas" and with his note that the return was "defeated."
The point of difference is the date: Hüsameddin gives the pasha's departure for Nizip as 1253 [1837-38], whereas the battle took place on 29 June 1839, that is in the year 1255; the same text's note "returned defeated in 1255" agrees with the date of the battle. What the date 1253 refers to could not be determined from the sources and could not be verified. The pasha's title as seraskar also appears in the source as "Serdâr-ı Ekrem." No information was found in other sources about the mufti Kabartalı Mehmed Efendi.
The Yakub Pasha Lodge and the Çevikçe Lodge
The Yâkub Pasha Lodge in the Pîrler district of Amasya (known among the people as the Çilehâne Lodge) was founded in 815 [1412] by Pazarlıoğlu Yâkub Pasha, beylerbeyi of Ankara, for the Halvetî order, and its deed of endowment was registered in February 1413. The building has a small mosque (mescit), retreat cells, dervish cells, a hall for communal remembrance (tevhidhâne) and a tomb; it was damaged in the 1939 Erzincan earthquake and repaired in 1967. Whether the "Yakub Pasha Mosque" Hüsameddin mentions is this lodge's mescit is not stated in the source and cannot be said with certainty. No information was found in other sources about the Çevikçe Lodge, Sheikh Hasan Sinânî, or Sheikh Osman Efendi.
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