Devşirmelerdendir. Selîm-i Sânî bendegânından iken 983 senesi saferinde Amasya mîrlivâsı olup sarâydan çıkdı. Sene-i mezbûrenin rebî'ulevvelinde Rûmeli kazaskeri Amasyalı "Kızıl Molla" demekle meşhûr Abdurrahmân Efendi vefât etdi. Emîr Buhârî Tekkesi civârında yapdırdığı mektebi sâhasına defn edildi. [326]
Şehsüvâr Bey, Amasya'da bir buçuk yıldan ziyâde emâret etdi. Zamân-ı emâretinde 984 senesi evâ'ilinde ulemâdan ve meşâhîr-i huffâzdan Dervîş Mehmed Efendi Amasya'da Sultân Bâyezîd Câmii hatîbi oldu. Sesi gâyet güzel bir zât idi. Şevvâlinde Şehsüvâr Bey Niğbolu'ya gitdi. Kaya Paşa Amasya mutasarrıfı olup geldi.
In Modern English
He was one of the devshirme recruits. While among the servants of Selim II, he left the palace in Safar of the year 983 [1575–76] as mîrlivâ (sanjak governor) of Amasya. In Rabi al-Awwal of the same year, the military judge (kazasker) of Rumeli, Abdurrahmân Efendi of Amasya, known as "Kızıl Molla," died. He was buried in the grounds of the school he had had built near the Emîr Buhârî Lodge.
Şehsüvâr Bey remained in Amasya as governor for more than a year and a half. During his administration, at the beginning of 984 [1576–77], Dervîş Mehmed Efendi, one of the scholars and famous hâfızes, became preacher (hatib) of the Sultan Bâyezîd Mosque in Amasya. He was a man with a very beautiful voice. In Shawwal, Şehsüvâr Bey went to Nicopolis. Kaya Pasha came as mutasarrıf of Amasya.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- devşirme: a person taken from Christian families and trained for state service
- bendegân: servants; here, palace attendants attached to the sultan
- mîrlivâ: sanjak bey
- kazasker: military judge; there were two separate offices, for Rumeli and for Anatolia
- mektep: school
- emâret: beylik, governorship
- hâfız: a person who knows the Qur'an by heart
- hatîb: the person who delivers the Friday sermon
- mutasarrıf: official governing a sanjak
Kızıl Molla Abdurrahman Efendi
Elsewhere in the book, when narrating the life of Begtemuroğlu İskender Bey, Hüsameddin also gives a place to Kızıl Molla. According to it, İskender Bey had settled in Istanbul as kethüda (steward who ran the affairs) of Military Judge Abdurrahman Efendi of Amasya, went with his master to Egypt and the Hejaz in 969 [1561–62], and on their return, when his master again became military judge of Rumeli, his fortune too brightened. Abdurrahman Efendi died in Rabi al-Awwal 983, and his steward died five or six months after him. This date agrees with the record here.
Kızıl Molla is also known for his criticisms directed at Kemalpaşazâde (İbn Kemal); a bibliography lists a master's thesis titled "Kızıl Molla Abdurrahman b. Ali el-Amasî'nin İbn Kemal'in Hidâye şerhi üzerine itirazları." This information suggests that he was a scholar of Amasya origin with views of his own in the field of jurisprudence. No source was found for a more detailed life story. No separate record was found either concerning Hüsameddin's phrase "the school near the Emîr Buhârî Lodge."
Şehsüvâr Bey and Dervîş Mehmed Efendi
It is understood from the text that Şehsüvâr Bey was of devshirme origin and was appointed to Amasya on leaving the palace. This name was not found in other sources. No additional information was found about Dervîş Mehmed Efendi, preacher of the Sultan Bâyezîd Mosque.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 3, p. 513–513. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları (online edition), the entries "Sinan Paşazâde İskender Bey", "Begtemuroğlu İskender Bey" and "Yularkısdızâde İskender Bey", page marks [104]–[107], https://amasya.bel.tr/uploads/e-kitap/kitap/6-8/files/basic-html/page297.html
Academic studies
- Halis Demir – Kemal Çatılı, "İbn Kemal Üzerine Yapılan İlmî Çalışmalar", Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, VII/1 (2019), pp. 151–178 (its bibliography cites Muhammed Özmen's 2015 master's thesis at Istanbul University), https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/803345