Çeribaşı Mahallesi eşrâfından el-Hâc Murâd Ağa bin Mustafa’nın mahdûmudur. Sipâhi olup hayli muhârebâta girdi. Amasya kethüdâyeri, cizye muhassılı, Sivas vilâyeti avârız emini, Tokat voyvadası ve Amasya beytü’l-mâl emini olup ta’ayyün ederek 1119 senesi ramazânında vefât etdi. Hânedân idi. Mahdûmları el-Hâc Mehmed, Yûsuf Ağalardır.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Ahmed Ağa — Hacı Murâdoğlu
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 188 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
Our Research Article
Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He is the son of Hacı Murâd Ağa, one of the notables of the Çeribaşı neighborhood, who in turn was the son of Mustafa. He was a sipahi and took part in many wars. He distinguished himself as kethüdayeri of Amasya, collector of the cizye, avarız steward of the province of Sivas, voyvoda of Tokat and beytülmal steward of Amasya, and died in Ramadan 1119 [1707]. He came from a long-established family. His sons are Hacı Mehmed and Yûsuf Ağas.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- eşrâf: the leading, respected families of a city
- muhârebât: wars
- kethüdâyeri: the administrator of the janissary corps in the provinces
- cizye muhassılı: the official who collected the tax (cizye) levied on non-Muslims
- avârız emini: the official who collected the tax (avarız) requested in extraordinary circumstances
- voyvoda: an official who collected taxes and maintained order in a district
- beytülmâl emini: the official of the treasury for ownerless property and estates
- ta'ayyün: to distinguish oneself, to come to the fore
- hânedân: a long-established, well-known family
On His Offices
The text lists the sequence of posts a sipahi held in Amasya and the surrounding provinces: local leadership of the janissary corps, collection of taxes and cizye, administrative posts in Sivas and Tokat, and beytülmal steward in Amasya. Hüsâmeddin's record shows that a notable of Amasya could take posts not only in one city but in several provinces. No information was found in other sources on the offices of Murâd Ağa, his son Ahmed Ağa and his brothers. Which present-day neighborhood the Çeribaşı neighborhood corresponds to could likewise not be verified from the sources we read.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 188–188. amasya.bel.tr