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Hajji Abibulla Efendi (1820-1895) - He was one of the professors of Crimea.

Habibullah Efendi is from Dereköy. He received religious education in Istanbul and Cairo. He was the director of Zincirli Madrasa. He opened a library in the madrasa. Habibullah Efendi donated 1000 books to the library.

He is the father of Hacı Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi, a Crimean ulema. According to Hacı Mahumud Efendi's translation document in the Sharia Registers, Habibullah Efendi worked as a professor and was from Bakhchisaray, the capital of Crimea. Since his son was born in Bakhchisaray in 1259, he must have lived in the nineteenth century.

In 1889, he was elected as the teacher of Zincirli Madrasa. He introduced a number of changes to the curriculum. The courses taught were expanded and deepened, and new disciplines were provided. Lessons were held for seven hours every day. In 1890, there were 800 books and manuscripts in the madrasa's library. It contains educational and scientific publications in Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Russian donated by Muderris Hacı Habibullah Efendi and other individuals. Hacı Habibullah Efendi was not limited to just reforming the educational process. In 1890, he applied to the chairman of the Highest Foundations Specialized Commission, requesting the allocation of funds for the repair of the madrasa building and the construction of a common kitchen, lecture hall, bathhouse and professor's residence for the students.

Hacı Habibullah Efendi, who took a position in Zincirli in 1889, immediately started the modernization of this educational institution. He found funds to repair the building and decided to put things in order in the management of the foundation's assets. The new teacher suggested changing the curriculum, clearly determining the time of lessons and organizing the daily routine of students. Students who entered this madrasa came from all over Crimea and the Caucasus. Madrasahs accept students who have received primary education, graduated from other Crimean and Caucasian madrasahs, and want to receive higher education. Haji Habibullah decided to expand the teaching staff and established a library in the madrasa, to which he donated his personal collection of books. It also introduced screening and transfer exams. It was not easy for the teacher as a pioneer on the path of reform. However, he was actively supported by the prominent Crimean Tatar educator İsmail Gaspiralı. He called Habibullah Efendi the best mullah in Crimea, both scientifically and mentally. Haji Habibullah passed away in 1895. His merits are still remembered because he brought Zincirli to a qualitatively new level.