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[Behcetü’l-fetava]
The text is copied in unvocalized nestalik in black ink with red used for headers, overlines and text boxes. The text is organized into a single column inside a single-rule text box containing 31 lines. There are occasional catchwords. On the side of the text boxes is a constant running commentary of the answers in Arabic, including evidence from the Qur’an and the Hadith. There is some evidence of waterstaining and mildew damage.
This volume is incomplete, as it begins with the last words of a question and the answer to it. It likely contains the collected Ottoman Turkish fetava of Yenişehirli Abdullah Efendi (died 1156 AH/1743 CE), who was Şeyhülislam of the Ottoman Empire between 6 Jumādā al-Thānī 1130–17 Rabīʿ al-Awwal 1143 AH (7 May 1718–30 September 1730 CE). Originally of Yenişehir, Abdullah Efendi completed his medrese education in Istanbul. He went on to serve variously as a müderris, custodian of fetva (fetva emini), military judge (ordu kadısı), and kazasker of Anatolia and later Rumelia. Upon the dismissal of Şeyhülislam İsmâil Efendi, Sultan Ahmed III (reigned 1115-1143 AH/ 1703-1730 CE) made Abdullah Efendi his replacement on 6 Cemaziyülahır 1130 AH (7 May 1718 CE). This was in large part thanks to the efforts and recommendation of the incumbent Grand Vizier and Ahmed’s son-in-law, Nevşehirli Damad İbrahim Pasha (in office 1130-1143 AH/1718-1730 CE). Abdullah Efendi remained in this office for over twelve years, enjoying good relations with Ahmed III and Ibrahim Pasha, an influential figure in the Empire’s cultural life in this period, known as the Tulip Age (Lâle Devri, 1130-1143 AH/1718-1730 CE). However, upon the outbreak of the Patrona Halil Rebellion in 1143 AH/1730 CE, Abdullah Efendi became a fierce critic of the Grand Vizier and supported the dethronement of Ahmed III, in large part to protect himself from the rebels. For this behaviour he was dismissed by Ahmed III on 17 Rebiyülevvel 1143 AH (30 September 1730 CE) and exiled to Bozcaada. He was permitted to undertake the Hajj in 1144-5 AH (1732 CE) and was later allowed to reside in his waterside mansion in Kanlıca. He died in 1156 AH (1743 CE) and was buried in Kanlıca’s İskender Pasha Mosque. During his long reign as Şeyhülislam, Abdullah Efendi became one of the important figures of the Tulip Age, issuing a number of notable fetava in favour of contemporary practices. Among these are his judgments on the establishment of the printing press and the printing of non-religious works. Unlike a number of his predecessors in the office of Şeyhülislam, Abdullah Efendi himself compiled the fetava he issued into a large volume. A fetva emini in his service by the name of Mehmed Fıkhi al-Ayni then rearranged the text, following the standard order of classical fıkıh compilations. He completed this edition in Abdullah Efendi’s lifetime and called it Behçetü’l-fetava. For each fetva, Aynî provided references from the most renowned Arabic-language Hanafi source texts. The Behçet went on to become one of the most important Ottoman fetava compilations. Later scholars continued to produce derivatives and supplements to the work, for example Fındıklılı Süleyman Efendi, a clerk at the Kısmet-i Askeri Court in Istanbul who produced a complete index of the work for even more convenient navigation called the Behçetü’l-fetâvâ Fihristi (el-Fihristü’l-Kâmil li-Behceti’l-fetâvâ). The fetava in the Behcet were also summarised and published in the Hulâsatü’l-ecvibe of Çeşmîzâde Mehmed Hâlis. The questions are on a wide variety of topics, including family, property, and inheritance law. The sections on inheritance law contain occasional diagrams working out the shares of an estate destined to each heir, likely added by a later hand, along with rare examples of marginalia in Arabic, some of which references other fetava compilations. The text ends with a final question and answer, without any colophon indicating the copyist, date of copying, or location of production.