Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 209 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Amasya a’yânından el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa bin el-Hâc Abdülkâdir Ağa’nın mahdûmudur. 1141’de pederinin vefâtı üzerine amcası Ali Paşa’nın ağalığında dâ’iresine girdi. Orada terbiye görüp vezâretinde hazînedârı oldu.
1164’de Ali Paşa’nın vefâtında diğer amcazâdesi el-Hâc Hüseyin Ağa’nın yanında kaldı. Ba’dehû kapıcıbaşı olarak devr-i bilâd etdi. Hacı Hüseyin Ağa’nın rikâb-ı Hümayün kethüdâlığında baş-bâkî kulu olup 1191 senesi evâhirinde ma’zûlen vefât etdi.
He was the son of Hacı Mehmed Ağa, one of the notables of Amasya; Mehmed Ağa was the son of Hacı Abdülkadir Ağa. When his father died in 1141 [1728-29], he entered the household under the headship (ağalık) of his uncle Ali Pasha. Raised there, he became Ali Pasha's treasurer (hazinedar) during the latter's vizierate.
When Ali Pasha died in 1164 [1750-51], he stayed with his other cousin Hacı Hüseyin Ağa. Then, as a kapıcıbaşı, he toured the country. During Hacı Hüseyin Ağa's stewardship of the palace gate, he became chief of the bâkîkulu, and he died at the end of 1191 [1778], having been dismissed from office.
The detail that stands out in the record is that when his father died, the young Ahmed was taken into his uncle's household and prepared there for state service. When his uncle Ali Pasha became a vizier, the nephew became his treasurer, and when the pasha died he continued his service with one of his relatives. In this way the relatives gathered around a family that rose from Amasya to the vizierate become visible.
The entry does not state who the Ali Pasha of the text was. No information on this family was found in other sources.