Amasya eşrâfından Hacı Hamza Bey mescidi vakfı mütevellîsi el-Hâc Mustafa Ağa bin Sarı Ahmed Ağa’nın oğludur. Altıncı bölükte mukayyed yeniçeri olup dört defa Amasya serdârı, İran muhârebâtında yüzbaşı, ba’dehû binbaşı, 1158 senesinden i’tibâren meclis-i a’yân azâsı oldu. 1167 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Oğulları, Mustafa, Abdullah Ağalardır. Köprü serdârı Ahmed Ağa da 1167’de vefât etdi. [647]
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Ahmed Ağa-Sarı Ahmed Oğlu el-Hâc
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 201 • 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 was of the notables of Amasya, the son of Hacı Mustafa Ağa bin Sarı Ahmed Ağa, mütevelli of the Waqf of the Hacı Hamza Bey Masjid. A janissary enrolled in the sixth bölük, he served four times as serdar of Amasya. In the Persian wars he became yüzbaşı, then binbaşı. From 1158 [1745-46] he served as a member of the council of ayan. He died around 1167 [1753-54]. His sons are Mustafa and Abdullah Ağas. Ahmed Ağa, serdar of Köprü, also died in 1167.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- eşrâf: the respected families of a place whose word carries weight
- mütevellî: person who runs the affairs of a waqf
- serdâr: here, the head of the local janissary unit
- mukayyed: entered in the register
- muhârebât: wars
- meclis-i a'yân: the local advisory and governing council made up of the city's notables
- hudûd: here "around", an approximate date
Notes on the Entry
The entry is part of the section in which Hüsameddin lists the notables of Amasya in the mid-eighteenth century, and consists of a short record of service. This line, running from janissary service to serdarship and from war duty to council membership, shows how in that period families of military origin came to have a say in local government in Amasya. It is likely that the wars appearing in the text as "İran muhârebâtı" are the Nadir Shah campaigns mentioned in Hüsameddin's neighboring entries; but this entry does not say so outright.
The entry's last sentence belongs to another person, Ahmed Ağa, serdar of Köprü, and is added without a separate introduction. Which settlement is meant by the name Köprü is not explained in the book. No information on the waqf of the Hacı Hamza Bey Masjid or on the persons named was found in the sources that could be reached.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 201. amasya.bel.tr