Amasyalı Rahtuvân el-Hâc Mehmed Paşa’nın yeğeni ve kethüdâsı [650] olan el-Hâc Ebûbekir Bey bin Osmân Ağa bin Şamlı Ali Ağa’nın mahdûmudur. Meşâhîr-i züamâdan olup üç defa Amasya mîralayı oldu. Sonra tekâ’üd edilerek meclis azâsı olduğu halde 1170 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Mahdûmu Seyfullah Bey’dir.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Ahmed Bey — Yeğen Bekirzâde el-Hâc
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 202 • 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 is Hacı Ebûbekir Bey, son of Osman Ağa, son of Şamlı Ali Ağa, nephew and kethüda (steward) of Rahtuvan Hacı Mehmed Pasha of Amasya. He was one of the renowned holders of zeamets (large military fiefs) and was three times mîralay of Amasya. He later retired and, while a member of the council, died around 1170 [1756-57]. His son is Seyfullah Bey.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kethüdâ: a deputy or steward who manages the affairs of a statesman
- züemâ: holders of zeamets; sipahi lords holding high-income timars
- mîralay: colonel of a regiment; commander of the local sipahi units
- tekâ'üd: retirement
- meclis azâsı: a member of the local council made up of the city's notables
Notes on the Entry
The entry gives an example of the zeamet-holding military elite in Amasya. The mîralay command is the command of the sipahi units of the sanjak of Amasya. The man was appointed to this post three times, then retired and joined the local council. He belongs to the same circle as the people Hüsameddin describes in entries 649, 655, 656 and 657, that is, the notables of Amasya in the 1740s and 1750s. No information was found in the sources consulted about his uncle, Rahtuvan Hacı Mehmed Pasha; likewise no information could be found in other sources about Ebûbekir Bey.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 202. amasya.bel.tr