Abdullah oğludur. Çorum ulemâsından tahsîl-i ulûm edib bir müddet Amasya‘da ders-i âm oldu. 1241’de Hacıköyü’ne gidip orada ikâmet ederek ders-i âm ve 1244’de el-Hâc İsmâil Efendi Medresesi müderrisi oldu. Yıllarca vaaz ve tedrîs edib 1266 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Ulemâdan idi.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
İsmâil Efendi, the Çorumlu
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 327 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
Our Research Article
Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He is the son of Abdullah. After studying with the scholars of Çorum, he gave public lessons (ders-i âm) in Amasya for a time. In 1241 [1825-26] he went to Hacıköyü, settled there and taught the people; in 1244 [1828-29] he became müderris of the Hacı İsmail Efendi Madrasa. After preaching and teaching for many years he died around 1266 [1849-50]. He was one of the scholars.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- ders-i âm: one who has received the authority to give public lessons
- tahsîl-i ulûm: studying the sciences
- müderris: a teacher who gives lessons in a madrasa
- hudûdunda: around, in the neighborhood of (a date)
Hacıköyü and the Madrasa
The Hacıköyü of the text is the Hacıköy part of present-day Gümüşhacıköy. Gümüşhacıköy came into being through the merging of two settlements, Gümüş and Hacıköy, and takes its name from the silver mines. The seat of the district was moved from Gümüş to Hacıköy in 1882-1883, and after 1883 the settlement was called Gümüşhacıköy. The year 1241 [1825-26], when İsmail Efendi went to Hacıköyü, falls before this merger.
In the first volume Hüsameddin writes that the scholar Hacı İsmail Efendi, who came from Hacıköyü, had a madrasa with seven cells and a classroom built beside the Köprülü Mosque in 1118 [1706-07], together with a mosque, a school, and his own tomb next to the mosque. The "Hacı İsmail Efendi Madrasa" of the text is this madrasa. In the same section the sequence of its müderrises is given: first the founder himself, then his son Hâfız Osman Efendi, then the district mufti Hacı Ali Efendi, the son of Ankaralı Abdullah Efendi, then Darendelizâde İsmail Hakkı Efendi, who became mufti in his place, and then his son Hâfız Mustafa Tevfik Efendi. The name of İsmail Efendi of Çorum does not appear in this sequence; the appointment of 1244 [1828-29] in the seventh volume is not seen in the list in the first volume, and Hüsameddin's texts do not explain this difference between the two accounts. The change in the list is tied to 1245 [1829-30]; İsmail Efendi's appointment came one year before. This suggests either that he held a short term as müderris not named in the list or that the dates of the two accounts are one year apart; this is an inference.
Another madrasa in Gümüşhacıköy, the Haliliye (Hacı Halil Pasha) Madrasa, was built in 1413-1415 and does not appear to have any connection with the madrasa in the text.
No information about İsmail Efendi of Çorum himself was found in other sources.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 327–327. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, vol. 1, section on Hacıköyü (p. 352–355).