Amasyalıdır. Înepazar nâhiyesinde hân ve hamâmı olan Mehmed Çavuş’un mahdûmudur. Pederinin vefâtında ze’âmetine mutasarrıf olup dergâh-ı âlî çavuşları silkine girdi. Hidemât ile devr-i bilâd ederek müteferrika başı, ba’dehû tersâne emîni oldu.
1031 senesi recebinde hâdis olan İkinci Sultân Osmân’ın hal’ ve şehâdetinde münzevî olup 1032’de evkâf-ı Sultâniyye tevliyetiyle Amasya’ya gönderildi. 1036’da vefât [491] etdi. Oğulları Sun’ullah, Abdüllatîf Ağalar olup kerîmesi Emîne Hanım’dır. Dâmâdı Bâkî Paşazâde Rıdvân Paşa’dır.
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of Mehmed Çavuş, who had an inn and a bath in the nahiye of İnepazar. On his father's death he came into his zeamet (large military fief) and entered the ranks of the çavuşes of the Imperial Council. Going from place to place on various services, he became müteferrikabaşı and then tersane emini (steward of the arsenal).
In the deposition and martyrdom of Sultan Osman II, which took place in Rajab 1031 [May 1622], he withdrew into his corner; in 1032 [1622-23] he was sent to Amasya as steward of the sultan's waqfs. He died in 1036 [1626-27]. His sons were Sun'ullah and Abdüllatîf Ağas, his daughter Emîne Hanım. His son-in-law was Bâkî Paşazâde Rıdvân Pasha.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- ze'âmet: a fief with an annual revenue of more than twenty thousand akçe
- dergâh-ı âlî çavuşları: the palace çavuşes who carried news and orders in the council
- silk: class, rank
- müteferrika başı: the head of the müteferrikas, who were made up of distinguished servants in the palace
- tersâne emîni: the official who managed the financial affairs of the arsenal
- hal': deposition from the throne
- münzevî: withdrawn to the side
- tevliyet: waqf administration, stewardship
İnepazar and the "Çavuş Inn"
İnepazar is today the town (belde) of Ezinepazar, attached to the Central district of Amasya. The Ezinepazar Inn, on the Amasya-Tokat road 35 kilometres from the city, is among the Seljuk buildings attributed to Mahperi Hatun, wife of Alaeddin Keykubad. Because its original inscription has been lost, the date of construction is not certain; judging by Mahperi Hatun's other inns it is placed between 1238 and 1246. The building is also known locally by the names "İne Pazar" and "Çavuş Hanı." According to what Ahmet Aslan relates, the repair inscription above the door states that the inn was repaired in 1650 with the donations of Mehmed Çavuş; in this repair the building was extended to the east. The inn was last repaired in 2007 by the General Directorate of Foundations.
This record seems to confirm Hüsameddin's phrase "Mehmed Çavuş, who had an inn and a bath at İnepazar" and suggests that the name "Çavuş Hanı" comes from this family. But there is a chronological difficulty: the father of the subject of this entry, Mehmed Çavuş, must have died before 1622, since his son took over his zeamet. The date 1650 in the inscription either points to a later member of the family bearing the same name, or there is a problem in the reading of the date. Since the original text of the inscription could not be seen, this point remains open.
Another Ahmed Ağa of the Same Family
In the same volume, a few pages later, under the heading "Ahmed Ağa-Çavuşzâde," Hüsameddin describes a second person: Ahmed Ağa, son of Mustafa Ağa, son of Efteli Mehmed Çavuş, who had an inn and a bath at İnepazar. This second Ahmed Ağa distinguished himself in the Baghdad war in the retinue of Tayyar Mehmed Pasha of Ladik, became çavuşbaşı in 1065, and died in early 1068 in disgrace; his family is also said to have been called "Eftelioğlu." Since the father's name and the inn and bath at İnepazar are the same in the two entries, it is highly probable that the Ahmed Ağa described here and Mustafa Ağa were brothers and that the second Ahmed Ağa was a nephew of the subject of this entry.
The Events of 1622
The "deposition and martyrdom of Sultan Osman" in the text is the uprising that began on 8 Rajab 1031 (19 May 1622) and ended with the young sultan being strangled the next day at Yedikule. Why Ahmed Ağa withdrew to the side after this event Hüsameddin does not explain. No information on the identity of his son-in-law Bâkî Paşazâde Rıdvân Pasha was found in other sources.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 155–155. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, vol. 6, entry "Ahmed Ağa-Çavuşzâde" (grandson of Efteli Mehmed Çavuş), Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022. https://amasya.bel.tr/uploads/e-kitap/kitap/6-8/files/basic-html/page163.html
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