Amasyalı Kaya Paşazâde'dir. Amasya vâlîsi iken şehîd edilen şehzâde Sultân Mustafa'nın kerîmesi ve maktûl Ahmed Paşa'nın zevce-i metrûkesi Fâtıma Sultân'ı tezvîc edib beylerbeyilerden oldu. 984 senesi şevvâlinde Amasya mutasarrıfı olup geldi.
Mâh-ı mezkûrda on yıldan beri Amasya müftüsü ve Sultâniyye müderrisi olan Kayseriyye'de medfûn Amasyalı Şeyh İbrâhim Tennûrî ahfâdından Zeynü'l-ibâd Çelebi vefât edib yerine Balıkesirli Ya'kûb Efendi Amasya müftüsü ve müderrisi oldu. Buna "Ya'kûbca Efendi" denirdi.
985 senesinde Kaya Paşa yapdırdığı câmi-i şerîfini ve mektebini tarsîn ve evkâfını tevsî' etdi. Bu sene Amasya fuzalâsından Müfessir Ahmed Efendi dâr-ı na'îme gitdi. Yerine tilmîz-i hâsı Lalazâde Kemâleddîn Mehmed Efendi kâ'im oldu. Zu'amâdan meşhûr Arnavut Zülfikâr Bey Amasya alaybeyisi olarak ta'ayyün etdi. [327]
In Modern English
He is Kaya Pashazâde of Amasya. He married Fâtıma Sultan, daughter of Prince Sultan Mustafa, who was martyred while governor of Amasya, and widow of the slain Ahmed Pasha, and became one of the beylerbeyis. In Shawwal of 984 [1576–77] he came as mutasarrıf of Amasya.
In the same month, Zeynü'l-ibâd Çelebi, a grandson of Sheikh İbrâhim Tennûrî of Amasya, who is buried in Kayseri, and who had been for ten years mufti of Amasya and professor of the Sultâniyye, died, and in his place Ya'kûb Efendi of Balıkesir became mufti and professor of Amasya. He was called "Ya'kûbca Efendi."
In the year 985 [1577–78], Kaya Pasha embellished the mosque and school that he had built and expanded their waqfs. In this year, among the scholars of Amasya, Müfessir Ahmed Efendi went to the abode of paradise. In his place his closest student, Lalazâde Kemâleddîn Mehmed Efendi, succeeded. The famous Albanian Zülfikâr Bey, one of the zeamet holders, was designated alaybeyi of Amasya.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- zevce-i metrûke: the spouse left behind, widow
- tezvîc: marrying off, marrying
- maktûl: slain
- ahfâd: grandsons, descendants
- tarsîn: embellishing, strengthening
- tevsî': expansion
- evkâf: waqfs
- dâr-ı na'îm: abode of bliss, paradise; a phrase announcing a death
- tilmîz-i hâs: closest student
- ta'ayyün: being designated, being assigned
Kaya Pasha's Marriage
Hüsameddin writes that Kaya Pasha married Fâtıma Sultan, daughter of Prince Mustafa, and that this lady had earlier been married to an Ahmed Pasha who was killed. Prince Mustafa is the prince who was killed on Süleyman the Magnificent's order while sanjak bey of Amasya. According to information in one source, Mustafa's daughter Fatma Sultan married Bosnian Ahmed Pasha in 1552. Whether the Ahmed Pasha Hüsameddin speaks of is the same as this person, how he died, and whether Fatma Sultan later married Kaya Pasha could not be verified from this source.
Kaya Pasha's Mosque
The text speaks of a mosque and school built by Kaya Pasha. In the entry for the year 972 of the same volume, Kaya Bey's mosque and children's school in the Temennâ quarter are mentioned; the text does not say whether the two records point to the same building and the same person.
The Muftis and the Tennûrî Family
According to the TDV, İbrâhim Tennûrî is a great figure of Sufism who was born in Sivas or Amasya, had an Amasya-born mother, served as a madrasa professor in Kayseri, became a disciple of Akşemseddin, and died in 887 [1482]. The Tennûriyya branch of the order he founded was continued by his sons Ali, Lutfullah and Kasım. The entry does not mention the name of Zeynü'l-ibâd; that this person is Tennûrî's grandson rests on Hüsameddin's record.
That Müfessir Ahmed Efendi came to the preachership of the Sultâniyye in 970 [1562–63] and died in 985 is written in entry 69 of this volume and here; that is, he remained in this post for about fifteen years. No record was found in another source for Ya'kûb Efendi of Balıkesir, Lalazâde Kemâleddîn Mehmed Efendi and Zülfikâr Bey.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 3, p. 513–513. amasya.bel.tr
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