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that Süleyman I waged a campaign on Persia in 1534-5 and that Kemalpaşazāde died on<br />

April 16, 1534. 1812 Thus, Eberhard regards this fetvā as a psychological maneuver before<br />

the campaign of Süleyman.<br />

Tekindağ, Ménage, and Parmaksızoğlu agree that the Arabic risāle of<br />

Kemalpaşazāde must be issued before the Persian campaign in 1514. 1813 Even a cursory<br />

reading of the text which openly addresses Shah Ismail and his adherents makes it clear<br />

that the risāle was definitely written during the lifetime of Ismail by the aim of<br />

providing a religious ground for the war against the qizilbashes (against both the Safavid<br />

state and Ismail’s disciples in Anatolia). From this point of view, the best assumption<br />

seems to be the year of 1514 or a little earlier as the date of the risāle. It is known that<br />

Kemalpaşazāde was appointed as the müderris of Halebiye Medresesi in 918 (1512 /<br />

1513), then the müderris of Üç Şerefeli Medrese in Edirne, Sahn-ı Saman Medresesi in<br />

Đstanbul, and Sultan Bayezid Medresesi in Edirne consecutively. 1814 Unfortunately, the<br />

contemporary sources do not specify the time interval when Kemalpaşazāde was in<br />

Edirne. One might likely suppose that he may quite possibly have arrived before Selim’s<br />

departure from there, thus attending the first assembly of Selim. Nevertheless, he does<br />

not mention the assembly of Edirne, even with a single word, in his Tevārih, while<br />

narrating the assembly of Istanbul in some details. His narration suggests that when<br />

Selim moved from Edirne, Kemalpaşazāde was in Istanbul, where he participated in the<br />

second assembly summoned in Filçayırı.<br />

1812<br />

See Parmaksızoğlu, “Kemāl Paşa-zāde”, IA; Ménage, “Kemāl Pasha-zāde”, EI2. I also want to remind<br />

that KPZ appointed as the kadiasker of Anatolia in 1516 and the şeyhü’l-islam in 932 (1525/6). (See<br />

Mecdī, p. 382)<br />

1813<br />

Tekindağ, p. 55; Ménage, “Kemāl Pasha-zāde”, EI2, electronic edition; See Parmaksızoğlu, “Kemāl<br />

Paşa-zāde”, p. 563.<br />

1814<br />

See Parmaksızoğlu, p. 563; Repp, pp. 229-231.<br />

546

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