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A scholar and preacher who ran a medrese for forty years in the eastern Black Sea region; a guide on the Nakşibendî-Hâlidî line.
He was born in 1866 in the village of Yeşilalan in the district of Çaykara in Trabzon. His real name was İbrâhim Hakkı. In childhood he worked as a shepherd; he then studied the religious sciences with Huşolu Numan Efendi. As a young man he travelled through the neighbouring provinces preaching, and left a powerful impression on his hearers.
He held short terms as imam in the Trabzon area; he then went to Istanbul and preached at the Hagia Sophia Mosque during Ramadan. He visited the Gümüşhânevî lodge and received Sufi training under Yûsuf Şevki Efendi. He married his master's daughter, strengthening this bond. He later entered seclusion under İsmâil Necâti Efendi at the Istanbul lodge and attained the rank of deputy. When he was offered the headship of the lodge he declined, considering fame a calamity, and continued teaching and spiritual guidance in his home region.
After returning home he founded a medrese and taught there for forty years.
He served as mufti of Of and as a teacher at a secondary school in Samsun. During the occupation period he worked for the recovery of confiscated manuscripts and administered endowed libraries.
He died on 1 July 1930 and was buried beside his medrese.
His Circle of Influence — At the medrese he founded he issued certificates to more than 300 students. Among those he trained are Hasan Râmi Yavuz and Mehmet Rüştü Âşıkkutlu.
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There is no documentation of his written works. The source records that his library was lost and that this has limited the documentation of what he wrote. This is why no section of works has been opened in this record.
🔴 The year of death in the atlas record diverges from the source. The record shows the year 1929; the source, however, gives the date of death as 1 July 1930. The year in the record has no basis in this article and needs to be verified (principle 6).
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) — Yusuf Şevki Yavuz · vol. 12, pp. 413-414, entry “FERŞAD EFENDİ”
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