Proving Innocence: The Petitions of Scholars for Reinstating Molla Mehmed Masûm, The Qadi of Trikala

In this article, we examin the petitions written by forty-one high-ranking scholar-bureaucrats and sheiks in 1007/1598 for the reinstatement of Molla Mehmed Masûm Efendi who was deposed before completing his term while he was the qadi of Trikala in 1006/1598. These petitions, which were written unde...

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Main Authors: Hüseyin Örs, Uğur Öztürk
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Published: Istanbul University Press 2021-10-01
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description In this article, we examin the petitions written by forty-one high-ranking scholar-bureaucrats and sheiks in 1007/1598 for the reinstatement of Molla Mehmed Masûm Efendi who was deposed before completing his term while he was the qadi of Trikala in 1006/1598. These petitions, which were written under the leadership of Hoca Sadeddin Efendi and had almost the same content, were given by Mehmed Dâğî, the sheikh of Murad III, toValide Sultan Safiye Sultan, and probably she was asked to convey them to Mehmed III. Having been written in a period when the influence of the eunuchs and valide sultans increased in bureaucratic appointments which started with the appointment of Hoca Sadeddin Efendi as the head of the ulemâ by Murad III, these petitions are the interesting examples showing the bureaucratic and political change in the Ottoman Empire in the last quarter of the 16th century. In the article, the relations of Mehmed Dâğî, Safiye Sultan and Hoca Sadeddin, who led to write the petitions and to deliver them, are briefly discussed within the framework of the eunuchs and pashas of the period. Afterwards, the life of Molla Mehmed Masûm Efendi, about whom the petitions were written, is presented in general, in the light of the information from Hadāiq, the ruznamçes and the petitions. The last part of the article consists of a general evaluation of the petitions and the biographies of the people who wrote the petitions and the texts of the petitions.
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spelling doaj-art-9439c269f07f4012bd1ef2bd2e44ced42025-08-20T02:15:19ZaraIstanbul University Pressİslam Tetkikleri Dergisi2717-69672021-10-0111277382810.26650/iuitd.2021.963101123456Proving Innocence: The Petitions of Scholars for Reinstating Molla Mehmed Masûm, The Qadi of TrikalaHüseyin Örs0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5146-4660Uğur Öztürk1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3773-9696İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeIn this article, we examin the petitions written by forty-one high-ranking scholar-bureaucrats and sheiks in 1007/1598 for the reinstatement of Molla Mehmed Masûm Efendi who was deposed before completing his term while he was the qadi of Trikala in 1006/1598. These petitions, which were written under the leadership of Hoca Sadeddin Efendi and had almost the same content, were given by Mehmed Dâğî, the sheikh of Murad III, toValide Sultan Safiye Sultan, and probably she was asked to convey them to Mehmed III. Having been written in a period when the influence of the eunuchs and valide sultans increased in bureaucratic appointments which started with the appointment of Hoca Sadeddin Efendi as the head of the ulemâ by Murad III, these petitions are the interesting examples showing the bureaucratic and political change in the Ottoman Empire in the last quarter of the 16th century. In the article, the relations of Mehmed Dâğî, Safiye Sultan and Hoca Sadeddin, who led to write the petitions and to deliver them, are briefly discussed within the framework of the eunuchs and pashas of the period. Afterwards, the life of Molla Mehmed Masûm Efendi, about whom the petitions were written, is presented in general, in the light of the information from Hadāiq, the ruznamçes and the petitions. The last part of the article consists of a general evaluation of the petitions and the biographies of the people who wrote the petitions and the texts of the petitions.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/AC7140AAECB44291AC9930840E0758F1molla masûmhoca sadeddin efendisheikh mehmed dâğîsafiye sultanpetitiondeposal
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Proving Innocence: The Petitions of Scholars for Reinstating Molla Mehmed Masûm, The Qadi of Trikala
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hoca sadeddin efendi
sheikh mehmed dâğî
safiye sultan
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title Proving Innocence: The Petitions of Scholars for Reinstating Molla Mehmed Masûm, The Qadi of Trikala
title_full Proving Innocence: The Petitions of Scholars for Reinstating Molla Mehmed Masûm, The Qadi of Trikala
title_fullStr Proving Innocence: The Petitions of Scholars for Reinstating Molla Mehmed Masûm, The Qadi of Trikala
title_full_unstemmed Proving Innocence: The Petitions of Scholars for Reinstating Molla Mehmed Masûm, The Qadi of Trikala
title_short Proving Innocence: The Petitions of Scholars for Reinstating Molla Mehmed Masûm, The Qadi of Trikala
title_sort proving innocence the petitions of scholars for reinstating molla mehmed masum the qadi of trikala
topic molla masûm
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