Köprülüdür. Köprü kazâsı dâhilinde Akviran köyünden olup Köprülü Mehmed Paşa’nın dâ’iresinde Kapıcı Ağalardan iken Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Ahmed Paşa’ya intisâb ederek sadâretinde ağalarından oldu. Kapıcılıkla iştihâr etdi.
Ba’dehû sadr-ı müşârün-ileyhin kapıcılar kethüdâsı olup 1087’de [568] vefâtıyla açıkta kaldı. Merzifonî Kara Mustafa Paşa’nın sadâretinde kendi talebi ile Köprü voyvodası olup Köprü’ye geldi. 1095’de ma’zûl ve mütekâ’id olup 1097 senesi hilâlinde vefât etdi. Akviran karyesinde câmii ve vakfı vardır.
In Modern English
He was from Köprü. He was from the village of Akviran within the borders of the district of Köprü. Having been one of the Gatekeeper Ağas in the circle of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, he attached himself to Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha and became one of his ağas during his grand vizierate. He made his name as a gatekeeper.
Later he became kapıcılar kethüdası of the said grand vizier, and on the latter's death in 1087 [1676] he was left without a post. In the grand vizierate of Kara Mustafa Pasha of Merzifon he came to Köprü as voivode of Köprü of his own wish. In 1095 [1683-84] he was dismissed and retired, and he died early in 1097 [1685-86]. He has a mosque and a waqf in the village of Akviran.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- dâ'ire: circle, the close circle and retinue of a great man
- intisâb: attachment, entering someone's service
- kapıcılar kethüdâsı: head of the gatekeepers, the official who managed them
- sadr-ı müşârün-ileyh: the grand vizier named above
- ma'zûl ve mütekâ'id: dismissed and retired
- voyvoda: the administrator who collected treasury revenues and watched over order in a district
- hilâl: the beginning of the month; "senesi hilâlinde" is used in the sense of the first days of the year
Köprü, the Köprülüs and Their Surroundings
The Köprü in the entry is Vezirköprü, today attached to Samsun. In Hüsameddin's time it was a district attached to the sanjak of Amasya. Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha was born here in 1045 [1635-36]; his mother was Ayşe Hanım, daughter of Yûsuf Ağa, voivode of the town. His father Köprülü Mehmed Pasha took his name from this town. Kara Mustafa Pasha himself was born in a village near Merzifon and as a child came under the patronage of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha; that is, another name who rose from the Köprülü circle and later became grand vizier is also a man of the same region.
The dates Hüsameddin gives agree with the death of Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha. Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha died near Çorlu on 26 Şaban 1087 (3 November 1676) while traveling from Istanbul to Edirne; Ahmed Ağa's being "left without a post" corresponds to this date. Kara Mustafa Pasha of Merzifon, who became grand vizier after him, was executed on 6 Muharrem 1095 (25 December 1683). Hüsameddin places Ahmed Ağa's removal from the voivodeship within the year 1095; this is very close to the fall of Kara Mustafa Pasha. The text draws no link between the two events, and whether such a link exists is not known.
Akviran
No information was found in the sources we surveyed on the mosque and waqf in the village of Akviran. The village could not be verified under this name in the present-day list of neighborhoods of Vezirköprü.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 177–177. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
Other sources
- List of neighborhoods of Vezirköprü (Samsun). Accessed 2026.