Amasya’da basmacılar kethüdâsı el-Hâc İsmâil Ağa bin el-Hâc Mustafa Ağa’nın oğludur. 1201’de pederinin vefâtı ile basmacılar kethüdâsı, mükerreren hâciyân ve a’yân a’zâsı olup 1222’de vefât etdi. Hânedân idi. Mahdûmu es-Seyyid el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa basmacılar kethüdâsı oldu.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Ahmed Ağa — Basmacızâde es-Seyyid el-Hâc
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 221 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He is the son of Hacı İsmail Ağa, kethüda of the basmacı guild in Amasya, who was the son of Hacı Mustafa Ağa. On his father's death in 1201 [1786-87] he became kethüda of the basmacıs; many times he sat on the body of hajjis and notables, and he died in 1222 [1807-08]. He came from a noble family. His son Seyyid Hacı Mehmed Ağa became kethüda of the basmacıs.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- basmacılar kethüdâsı: head of the basmacı guild
- hâciyân ve a'yân a'zâsı: one counted among those who had become hajjis and the notables of the city
- hânedân: a long-established, noble family
- mahdûm: son
Guild Headship
Kethüda is the name given to the person at the head of a guild group. The entry shows that this office passed from father to son over three generations: Hacı İsmail Ağa, his son Ahmed Ağa and his son Mehmed Ağa were kethüdas. Hüsameddin's saying "he was a hânedân" expresses that the family was long established in this trade in Amasya.
In the searches made, no separate and verifiable source was found on the basmacı guild of Amasya or the Basmacızâde family. The workings of this guild in Amasya cannot be described on the basis of this entry. No information was found in other sources on this person.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 221–221. amasya.bel.tr