Amasya a’yânından ve Mehmed Paşa bin Hızır Paşa ahfâdından el-Hâc Ali Bey bin el-Hâc Ahmed Bey bin Kurd Mehmed Bey’in mahdûmudur. Pederinin 1145 senesi evâ’ilinde vefâtı üzerine Hızır ve Mehmed Paşalar evkâfına mütevellî oldu.
Fakat amcâzâdesi Hüseyin Bey bin Mehmed Bey bin el-Hâc Ahmed Bey’in tevliyet iddiasına binâ’en tevliyeti, mahdûmu Ali Bey’e kasr-ı yed ve ferâgat edib 1155’de vefât etdi. On yıl kadar mütevellî olup meclis-i a’yân ve hâciyân azâsı olmuş kerîm, halîm hânedân idi.
Diğer meşâhîr-i a’yândan Peçelizâde el-Hâc Ahmed Bey bin Hasan Paşa da bu esnâda vefât etdi. Pervâne Bey Mahallesi hânedânından kerîm, sofrası küşâde, me’ârif-perver bir zât idi.
In Modern English
He was of the ayan of Amasya. He was the son of Hacı Ali Bey, a descendant of Mehmed Pasha and of Mehmed Pasha's father Hızır Pasha; Ali Bey was the son of Hacı Ahmed Bey, who was the son of Kurd Mehmed Bey. When his father died in early 1145 [1732-33], he became mütevelli of the waqfs of Hızır Pasha and Mehmed Pasha.
But his paternal cousin Hüseyin Bey (son of Mehmed Bey, who was the son of Hacı Ahmed Bey) claimed that the mütevelliship was his. Thereupon he handed the mütevelliship over to his son Ali Bey and withdrew, and died in 1155 [1742-43]. He had been mütevelli for about ten years and had been a member of the councils of pilgrims and ayan; he was generous, gentle in temper, and from a long-established family.
Peçelizâde Hacı Ahmed Bey, son of Hasan Pasha and one of the well-known men of the ayan, also died at this time. He was from the long-established families of the Pervane Bey quarter, generous, of open table, and a supporter of learning and culture.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- ahfâd: grandchildren, descendants
- evkâf: waqfs
- mütevellî: person who administers a waqf
- tevliyet: the office of mütevelli
- amcazâde: a paternal uncle's son
- kasr-ı yed ve ferâgat: withdrawing and giving up one's claim
- meşâhîr-i a'yân: the well-known of the ayan
- kerîm: generous, noble
- halîm: gentle in temper
- sofrası küşâde: of open table, hospitable
- me'ârif-perver: supporter of learning and culture
The Waqfs of Hızır Pasha and Mehmed Pasha
The Mehmed Pasha named in the entry is Hızır Paşazâde Mehmed Pasha. According to the encyclopedia entry, he was a vizier of Sultan Bayezid II and lala (tutor) of Prince Ahmed, and died in 900 (1495). In Amasya, near the Yeşilırmak, he had a complex built in the quarter that still bears his name today. According to the inscription of the mosque, its construction was completed in Muharrem 891 (January 1486). The complex consisted of a mosque, madrasa, imaret, mausoleum, tabhâne, zaviye, fountain and cemetery; only the mosque, its attached wing spaces and the mausoleum have reached the present. The mosque and mausoleum were damaged in the 1939 earthquake and repaired by the General Directorate of Foundations.
The mütevelli dispute Hüsameddin relates (Ahmed Bey's dispute with his paternal cousin and the handing over to his son) shows that the waqfs of this complex and of the Hızır Pasha line were still managed within the family in the mid-eighteenth century. The inscription records state that the repair of 1863-64 (1280) was had done by Mahmud Beyzâde Mehmed Bey; whether a link can be drawn between this person and the family of this entry could not be understood from the sources. That the mütevelliship was made the subject of a claim between cousins suggests that waqf management was a post valued in the family; but no other record giving the details of the dispute was found. The mütevelliship of about ten years corresponds to the years between 1145 and 1155.
Family and Quarter
Ahmed Bey's lineage is counted back to Kurd Mehmed Bey. The text indicates this line's tie to Mehmed Pasha and Hızır Pasha only with the word "ahfâdından"; the intermediate links are not written. The attachment of Peçelizâde Hacı Ahmed Bey, mentioned in the entry's last paragraph, to the Pervane Bey quarter shows that the ayan families of Amasya were known on the basis of their quarter. No information on the Peçelizâde family or the Kurdzâde family was found in other sources.
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