Mecidözlüdür. Oranın ber-vech-i malikâne mutasarrıfı olup 1184’de vefât eden kapıcıbaşılardan el-Hâc Ali Ağa bin Avkatlı İbrâhim Ağa bin Süleyman’ın mahdûmudur. Pederinin Üsküdar’da ikâmeti esnâsında Mecidözü kazâsına ber-veçh-i mâlikâne mutasarrıfı oldu.
Yozgat sancağı mutasarrıfı Çapanzâde Mustafa Bey’in mu’în ve hem ayârı, dost u vefâdârı olduğundan Amasya sancağı mutasarrıfı Caniklizâde Miktad Ahmed Paşa ve Pederi Hacı Ali Paşa ile Mustafa Bey arasında cereyân eden muhârebede 1193 senesi şevvâlinde maktûlen vefât etdi. Nehhâb ü vehhab, şedîdü’ş-şekîme bir hânedân idi. Oğulları el-Hâc Ali, Mehmed Ağalardır. Fındık Mustafa Paşa bunun yerini tutdu.
In Modern English
He was from Mecidözü. He was the son of Hacı Ali Ağa, one of the kapıcıbaşıs, who held that district as a life-tenure grant (mâlikâne) and died in 1184 [1770-71]; Ali Ağa was the son of Avkatlı İbrahim Ağa, who was the son of Süleyman. While his father was living in Üsküdar, he became the mâlikâne governor (mutasarrıf) of the district of Mecidözü.
Because he was the aide, brave friend, and loyal companion of Çapanzâde Mustafa Bey, governor of the sanjak of Yozgat, he was killed and died in Şevval 1193 in the war that Caniklizâde Miktad Ahmed Pasha, governor of the sanjak of Amasya, and his father Hacı Ali Pasha waged against Mustafa Bey. He was a nobleman who plundered much and gave much, and was harsh in temper. His sons were Hacı Ali and Mehmed Ağa. Fındık Mustafa Pasha took his place.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- ber-vech-i mâlikâne: with the right of administration granted for life, with the revenue belonging to the holder
- mutasarrıf: administrator of a sanjak
- mu'în: helper
- ayâr: brave man, companion
- muhârebe: war
- maktûlen: by being killed
- nehhâb ü vehhâb: one who plundered much and gave much
- şedîdü'ş-şekîme: harsh in temper
- hânedân: noble family
The Struggle Between Çapanoğlu and Canikli
The war that led to Ahmed Ağa's death is one link in the rivalry between two powerful families of central Anatolia. When the family of Canikli Hacı Ali Pasha extended its influence from Samsun toward Amasya, Tokat, and Sivas, relations with the Çapanoğulları of the sanjak of Yozgat (Bozok) broke down. The first traces of the rivalry go back to the period when Amasya was granted to Canikli Hacı Ali Pasha as a life-tenure grant (mâlikâne) in 1772. When his younger son Mikdad Ahmed Pasha became governor of Sivas, the notables of Amasya could not bear the pressure and in late 1778 took refuge with Çapanoğlu Mustafa Bey. In mid-1779 Mustafa Bey wrote to Mikdad Ahmed Pasha to obey the state's order; the pasha took this harshly, attacked the lands of Çapanoğlu, and was defeated. Amasya passed into Çapanoğlu's hands. The month of Şevval 1193 given by Hüsameddin fits the year of this conflict [1779].
The state sided with the Çapanoğulları in this struggle. Hacı Ali Pasha and his elder son Battal Hüseyin Bey fled to Crimea, and Mikdad Ahmed Pasha was taken into custody in Bursa. The Canikli family was pardoned in 1781; Çapanoğlu Mustafa Bey was killed in the spring of 1782 by slaves whom Hacı Ali Pasha had acquired. The Ahmed Ağa of the text is one of the names on the Çapanoğlu side in the conflict that led to his death.
That the life-tenure governorship of Mecidözü passed to Fındık Mustafa Pasha after Ahmed Ağa is written only in this record; no information on Ahmed Ağa or the Avkatlı family was found in other sources.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, pp. 210–210. amasya.bel.tr