Eserinde kendi hayat hikayesinden bahseden² Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsameddîn, Amasya’da Çeribaşı Mahallesi’ndeki caminin batısına bitişik bulunan hanede H. 1286 Recebinin son Cum’ası (M. Kasım 1869) seherinde Abdîzâde el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa bin Abdî Ağa bin el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa bin Abdî Ağa bin el-Hâc Ali Ağa bin Alaybeyi Kara Hüseyin Ağa zürriyetinden tev'em (ikiz) olarak dünyaya gelmiştir. Babası tarafından Hüseyin adı, annesi Zâhide Hâtûn binti el-Hâc Hâfız Osmân Efendi bin Şeyhü'l-Kurrâ el-Hâc Halîl Efendi tarafından Kuba evliyâsı Hüsâmeddîn Halvetî Hazretlerine muhabbeten Hüsâmeddîn lakabı verilmiştir. Annesi Zâhide Hâtûn Köprülü Halîl Efendi (Kuru İmâm el-Hâc Hâfız)’nin ceddindendir³ ve Hüseyin Dede’nin kabri yanında medfûndur.⁴
Ceddi Hüseyin Bey (Kara)’dır. Amasyalı olup Ahî Sâbıkeddîn Mahallesi ahâlîsinden Doğan oğlu Abdullah Bey bin Ömer Bey bin Doğan Bey’in oğlu olup onun ceddi Doğan Bey mîr-livâdır ve Bağdad Harbi’nde şehîden vefat etmiştir ve müellif bunların Cebeci Devlethan Bey’in ahfâdından ve Baba İlyas Horasânî evlâdından olduğunu belirtmiştir.
Eserinde Hüseyin Bey’in kale kethüdâlığı ve Moramol Malikânesi mutasarrıfı ve kal’a-yı bâlâ dizdârı, Amasya alaybeyi, Amasya mütesellimliği gibi görevler üstlendiğini, oğulları Hasan, Ali, Mustafa Ağaların yeniçeri olduğunu ifade etmektedir. Hacı Ali Ağa yeniçeri a’yânından olup “Kara Hüseyin oğlu” demekle meşhûr olup oğulları Abdülkerîm, Mustafa Ağalardır.
Amasya serdârı Hacı Abdî Ağa demekle meşhûr olan Abdülkerîm Ağa, H.1203 (M. 1788-1789)’de vefat etmiş oğulları Hüseyin, Mehmed, Veli Ağalardır. Amasya serdârı el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa da H.1239 (M. 1823-1824)’da vefat etmiş oğulları Halîl, Hasan, Abdî, el-Hâc Ali Ağalardır. Bunların hepsi de “Kara Hüseyin oğulları” demekle meşhûr olmuşlardır.
Hüseyin Hüsameddîn’in ceddi olan Abdî Ağa Amasya’da tanınmaktadır ve H.1269 (M.1852-1853)’da vefat etmiştir. Oğulları Ahmed, Mustafa, Osman, el-Hâc Mehmed Ağalardır. Bunlara da “Abdî oğulları” denmiştir. Müelifin babası el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa, Amasya’da serveti ve zenginliği ile meşhur olup H.1331 senesi recebinde vefat etmiştir (M. Haziran/Temmuz 1913).⁵
Bu bilgiler ışığında Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsameddîn’in soyağacı aşağıdaki gibi hazırlanmıştır.
Tablo 1: Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn’in Soyu
Baba İlyas Horasani
evlâdından
Cebeci Devlethan
ahfâdından
Doğan Bey
Abdullah Bey
Ömer Bey
Doğan Bey
Hüseyin Bey (Kara)
Hasan Mustafa
Ali (Kara Hüseyin oğlu)
Abdülkerim
Mustafa
(Hacı Abdî Ağa)
Mehmed Veli
Hüseyin
Abdî el-Hâc Ali
Hasan
Halil
el-Hâc Mehmed
Ahmed Osman
Mustafa
Hüseyin Hüsameddîn
Cemal Kemaleddin Aliye Naciye Serpil
Müellif Amasya’da Çeribaşı’nda oturduklarını ve bir müddet Mir Hamza’nın kendilerine komşu olduğunu,⁶ aynı zamanda Hulûsî Mehmed Efendi (Sofuzâde)’nin çocuğu olmadan vefat etmesi üzerine Kağnılı Pazarı’ndaki evinin kendisine intikâl ettiğini belirtmiştir.⁷
21 Haziran 1934 yılında çıkarılan soyadı kanunu ile “Yasar” soy ismini almıştır. Vefat ilanında müellifin Kemaliye kaymakamlığı yapmış Cemal ve teğmen olan Kemaleddin adlarında iki oğlu ve öğretmen Aliye ve Naciye adlarında iki kızı olduğu yazılıdır. Binbaşılık görevinde bulunmuş Ziya Gücer adında bir damadı bulunmaktadır.⁸ Ayrıca iki çocuğunun daha olduğu Atatürk’e yazmış olduğu mektuptan anlaşılmaktadır.⁹ 1978 yılında Amasya Belediyesi ile yapılan mukavelede müellifin varisçileri olarak Cemal Yasar, Serpil Yasar, Kemaleddin Yasar, Doğan Gücer ve Altan Gücer isimleri görülmektedir. Dolayısıyla çocuklarından birinin adı Serpil olmalıdır. Doğan ve Altan Gücer de torunlarıdır.
In Modern English
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsameddîn, who speaks of his own life story in his work, was born in Amasya, in the house adjoining the west of the mosque in the Çeribaşı neighbourhood, at dawn on the last Friday of the month of Recep in the Hijri year 1286 (November 1869 CE). He is the son of Abdîzâde el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa; Mehmed Ağa descended from Alaybeyi Kara Hüseyin Ağa, son of el-Hâc Ali Ağa, son of Abdî Ağa, son of el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa, son of Abdî Ağa. Hüseyin is a twin. His father gave him the name Hüseyin, and his mother Zâhide Hatun (daughter of Hâfız el-Hâc Osmân Efendi and granddaughter of Şeyhü'l-Kurrâ el-Hâc Halîl Efendi) gave him the epithet Hüsâmeddîn out of the love she felt for Hüsâmeddîn Halvetî Hazretleri, one of the saints of Kuba. His mother Zâhide Hatun descended from Köprülü Halîl Efendi (Kuru İmam el-Hâc Hâfız) and is buried beside the grave of Hüseyin Dede.
His ancestor Hüseyin Bey (Kara) was from Amasya; he was the son of Doğan Bey, son of Ömer Bey, son of Abdullah Bey, son of Doğan, one of the people of the Ahî Sâbıkeddîn neighbourhood. His ancestor Doğan Bey was a mîrlivâ (sanjak governor) and died as a martyr in the Baghdad campaign. The author states that these were among the descendants of Cebeci Devlethan Bey and children of Baba İlyas Horasânî.
In his work the author states that Hüseyin Bey served in posts such as castle steward (kethüda), holder (mutasarrıf) of the Moramol Malikâne, warden (dizdar) of the inner castle, alaybeyi of Amasya and mütesellim of Amasya, and that his sons Hasan, Ali and Mustafa Ağa were Janissaries. Hacı Ali Ağa was one of the Janissary notables and was known as "son of Kara Hüseyin"; his sons were Abdülkerîm and Mustafa Ağa.
Abdülkerîm Ağa, known as Hacı Abdî Ağa, the serdar of Amasya, died in the Hijri year 1203 (1788-1789 CE); his sons were Hüseyin, Mehmed and Veli Ağa. The serdar of Amasya el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa also died in 1239 (1823-1824 CE); his sons were Halîl, Hasan, Abdî and el-Hâc Ali Ağa. All of these were known as the "sons of Kara Hüseyin."
Hüseyin Hüsameddîn's grandfather Abdî Ağa was well known in Amasya and died in the Hijri year 1269 (1852-1853 CE). His sons were Ahmed, Mustafa, Osman and el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa. These too were called the "sons of Abdî." The author's father el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa was known in Amasya for his fortune and wealth, and died in the month of Recep 1331 (June/July 1913 CE).
On the basis of this information the family tree of Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsameddîn has been prepared as follows.
Table 1: The Lineage of Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn
From the descendants of Baba İlyas Horasânî
From the grandchildren of Cebeci Devlethan
Doğan Bey
Abdullah Bey
Ömer Bey
Doğan Bey
Hüseyin Bey (Kara)
Hasan, Mustafa, Ali (sons of Kara Hüseyin)
Abdülkerîm, Mustafa (Hacı Abdî Ağa)
Mehmed, Veli, Hüseyin
Abdî, el-Hâc Ali, Hasan, Halîl
el-Hâc Mehmed
Ahmed, Osman, Mustafa
Hüseyin Hüsameddîn
Children: Cemal, Kemaleddin, Aliye, Naciye, Serpil
The author states that they lived in Çeribaşı in Amasya and that Mir Hamza was for a time their neighbour, and also that when Hulûsî Mehmed Efendi (Sofuzâde) died without children, his house in the Kağnılı Pazarı passed to him.
He took the surname "Yasar" with the Surname Law issued on 21 June 1934. The death notice records that the author had two sons, named Cemal, who had served as district governor (kaymakam) of Kemaliye, and Kemaleddin, a lieutenant, and two daughters, named Aliye and Naciye, who were teachers. He had a son-in-law named Ziya Gücer, who had served as a major. It is also understood from his letter to Atatürk that he had two more children. In the 1978 contract with the Municipality of Amasya, the names Cemal Yasar, Serpil Yasar, Kemaleddin Yasar, Doğan Gücer and Altan Gücer appear as the author's heirs. So the name of one of his children must be Serpil. Doğan and Altan Gücer are also his grandchildren.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- zürriyet: lineage, offspring
- tev'em: twin
- mahdûm: son
- ced: great-grandfather, ancestor of a line
- ahfâd: grandchildren, later generations
- mîrlivâ: sanjak governor
- alaybeyi: a local commander at the head of the Janissary and sipahi regiments
- kethüdâ: steward, deputy to an administrator
- mutasarrıf: one who administers a malikâne and receives its revenue
- dizdâr: castle commander
- mütesellim: an official who governs a place as deputy
- serdâr: commander, notable
- medfûn: buried
- intikâl: passing, being inherited
Date of Birth
The sources differ on the day of birth. The text of the work says the last Friday of the month of Recep 1286 and gives November 1869 as its equivalent. The encyclopedia entry says only November 1869. A symposium paper gives 5 November 1869, and a biography page gives 31 October 1869. The difference may come from the Hijri-Gregorian conversion; the date the author himself gave should be taken as the basis.
The Surname Yasar
The Surname Law was issued in 1934; the author took "Yasar" after this date. The encyclopedia entry and the symposium papers also refer to the author by this surname.
Family and Neighbourhood
That the family is referred to as the "sons of Kara Hüseyin" and the "sons of Abdî" shows that in the Ottoman provinces nicknames served to distinguish lineages. The posts of alaybeyi, dizdar and mütesellim in the text indicate that the family was among the military and administrative notables of Amasya. The genealogical information rests on the author's own account; no information could be found in any source that it was compared with other documents.
The Contradiction over the Children
The death notice records the names of four children; in his letter to Atatürk the author speaks of six children. The introduction tries to explain this difference by the existence of a daughter named Serpil and also of another, unknown child. Since the number of names is five, the name of the sixth child is not known.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, Introductory Volume, p. 12–15. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
Other sources