AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · İKİNCİ FASIL

Seyyid Hacı Bayrâm Efendi (Bayrâm Alîzâde)

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 402 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Pervâne Bey Mahallesi eşrâfından el-Hâc İsmâîl Efendi bin el-Hâc Bayrâm Ağa bin el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa bin el-Hâc Bayrâm Alî Ağa’nın mahdûmudur. Seküköylüzâde el-Hâc Kâşif Mehmed Efendi’den ikmâl-i tahsîl edib kudât silkine girdi. Hayli kasabât ve bilâda kadı ve meclis-i a’yân a’zâsı olup 1220 sâline doğru vefât etdi. Ulemâ ve a’yândan idi.

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In Modern English

He is a native of Amasya. He is the son of Hacı İsmâîl Efendi, son of Hacı Bayrâm Ağa, son of Hacı Mehmed Ağa, son of Hacı Bayrâm Alî Ağa, from among the notables of the Pervâne Bey quarter. After completing his studies under Seküköylüzâde Hacı Kâşif Mehmed Efendi, he entered the ranks of the kadıs. He served as kadı and member of the council of notables in many towns and cities and died around 1220 [1805-06]. He was one of the learned class and of the notables.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • eşrâf: notables, men of standing
  • mahdûm: son
  • ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
  • kudât silki: the ranks of the kadıs, the judicial career
  • kasabât ve bilâd: towns and cities
  • meclis-i a'yân a'zâsı: member of the council of notables
  • ulemâ ve a'yân: scholars and notables

A Line of Five Generations

With this entry Hüsameddin reaches the later link of the Bayrâm Alîzâde family. Combined with the information in the three preceding entries, the line runs as follows: Hacı Bayrâm Alî Ağa (d. 1094 [1683]), his son Hacı Mehmed Ağa, his son Hacı Bayrâm Ağa (d. after 1138 [1725-26]), his son Hacı İsmâîl Efendi, and Bayrâm Efendi, the subject of this entry. No information was found in the sources examined on Seküköylüzâde Hacı Kâşif Mehmed Efendi, who is named as Bayrâm Efendi's teacher.

The Path of a Kadı

The text does not say in which places Bayrâm Efendi served as kadı; it is content with the phrase "a good many towns and cities". In which years he took up his posts, at which madrasa he studied, and whether he left any works is likewise not written. In Ottoman provincial administration, âyan is a broad group that includes members of the learned class and the leading figures of the craftsmen and merchants; scholars such as mollas, kadıs, muftis and madrasa professors were also counted among the âyan. The sentence "he was one of the learned class and of the notables" names these two sides together.

Dates

The death year given, 1220 [1805-06], is softened in the text by "around"; that is, it rests not on a firm record but on an approximate reckoning. No birth year is given.

Bibliography

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