Mehmed Salim Efendi
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Highlights
Çırpanlı Mehmed Sâlim Efendi, whose date of birth has not been identified, was one of the müciz dersiâms authorized to teach at Fatih Mosque and to grant ijazah to his students.
Mehmed Sâlim Efendi served as judge of Medina. The judgeship of Medina was one of the high-ranking judgeships in the Ottoman learned hierarchy connected with the Haremeyn.
His name also appears in the repair inscription of the Hacı Beşir Ağa Fountain in Istanbul as “former judge of Medina, Çırpanlı Mehmed Sâlim.” He undertook the expenses of the fountain and was remembered for his benefaction.
Çırpanlı Mehmed Sâlim Efendi died on 27 Ramadan 1333, corresponding to 9 August 1915, and was buried in the Fatih Mosque Cemetery.
Epitaph
He is the Eternal and the Living. A Fatiha for the soul of Çırpanlı Mehmed Sâlim Efendi, former judge of Medina, one of the dersiâms of Fatih Mosque authorized to grant diplomas and one of the renowned religious scholars. 8 August 1915.
A Fatiha for his/her soul