Amasya eşrâfından el-Hâc Hüseyin Ağa bin Mehmed bin Celali Hüseyin Ağa bin Tokatî Kâsım Ağa’nın oğludur. On yedinci bölüğe yeniçeri kaydedilip hayli muhârebâta girdi. Mükerreren Amasya serdârı meclis-i hâciyân ve a’yân azâsı olup 1151 senesi hudûdunda vefât etdi. A’yân-ı zâbitândan idi.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
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Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 195 • 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. He was the son of Hacı Hüseyin Ağa; Hüseyin Ağa was the son of Mehmed; Mehmed was the son of Celalî Hüseyin Ağa; and Hüseyin Ağa was the son of Kâsım Ağa of Tokat. He was enrolled as a janissary in the seventeenth bölük and took part in quite a few battles. Many times he was serdar of Amasya and a member of the council of pilgrims and the council of ayan. He died around the year 1151 [1738-39]. He was among the officers of the ayan class.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- eşrâf: the respected and noble families of the city
- bölük: military unit in the janissary corps; the text names the seventeenth bölük
- muhârebât: wars
- serdâr: chief, commander
- meclis-i hâciyân: council of persons who had gone on the pilgrimage
- a'yân: the notables of the city; persons with a say in local government
- zâbitân: officers, officials
Family Line and Offices
In a form Hüsameddin often uses, the entry introduces the man through four generations of his paternal line. Kâsım Ağa of Tokat, at the far end of the line, suggests that the family was of Tokat origin; however, no other source confirming or extending this information was found. That Hacı Hüseyin Ağa served in a janissary company, took part in wars and then sat in the councils of pilgrims and ayan in Amasya shows how a man who began as a soldier of the kapıkulu corps came to hold standing as a local administrator in the city. Hacı Yûsuf Ağa, who lived in the same years and is mentioned in a neighboring entry, is also seen to have served as serdar and council member in a similar way (entry 629).
Hüsameddin closes the entry with the words "ayan-ı zâbitândan". "Ayan" and "zabit" are used together here, underlining both the man's military origin and his share in local government. The entry gives no further detail; the wars he took part in, his place of death, and any waqfs or works are not recorded. No information on this man was found in other sources.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 195–195. amasya.bel.tr