Mehmed Haşim Efendi

Mehmed Hâşim Efendi, whose exact date of birth is unknown, was born in Trabzon.

Mehmed Hâşim Efendi belonged to the Hâlidiyye-i Ziyâiyye branch of the Naqshbandi order and was connected with the Sufi circle shaped around Ahmed Ziyâeddin Gümüşhânevî in 19th-century Istanbul. Ziyâiyye was known as a path within the Hâlidiyye associated with Gümüşhânevî.

Mehmed Hâşim Efendi’s name also appears among the sheikhs of the Atpazarı Tekke near Fatih as “Trabzonî Şeyh Mehmed Hâşim Efendi.”

Serving as nāib of Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Mehmed Hâşim Efendi belonged to the religious-judicial service circle of one of Istanbul’s most important imperial mosques. Nāib was a title used for members of the ilmiye who served as assistants or deputies to judges in the Ottoman judicial organization.

Trabzonî el-Hac Hafız Mehmed Hâşim Efendi, known by the nickname Kemankeş, or Archer, died on Thursday, 20 Dhu al-Qa‘da 1314 (22 April 1897), and was buried in the Fatih Mosque Cemetery.