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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Ahmed Bey — Yörgüç Paşazâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 211 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya a’yânından Yörgüç Paşa Vakfı mütevellîsi el-Hâc Ömer Bey bin el-Hâc Osmân Bey’in mahdûmu olup pederinin vefâtında birâderi es-Seyyid el-Hâc Ali Beyle ceddi Yörgüç Paşa vakfına mütevellî, hâciyân ve a’yân meclislerine a’zâ oldu. 1197 senesi evâ’ilinde vefât etdi. Mahdûmları es-Seyyid el-Hâc Hasan Mehmed Beylerdir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was the son of el-Hâc Ömer Bey, son of el-Hâc Osman Bey, steward (mütevelli) of the Yörgüç Pasha Waqf and one of the notables of Amasya. When his father died he became, together with his brother es-Seyyid el-Hâc Ali Bey, steward of the waqf of his grandfather Yörgüç Pasha and a member of the councils of pilgrims and notables. He died in early 1197 [1782-83]. His sons were es-Seyyid el-Hâc Hasan and Mehmed Bey.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mütevellî: administrator of a waqf
  • ced: grandfather
  • evâ'il: the beginnings

Yörgüç Pasha and His Waqf

Yörgüç Pasha, the "ced" of the text, was the statesman assigned in 1414 as lala (tutor and guardian) to Prince Murad, the twelve-year-old son whom Çelebi Sultan Mehmed sent to Amasya with the governorship of the province of Rum. As beylerbeyi in the province of Rum, which covered the region of Amasya, Tokat, Sivas, Çorum, and Osmancık, he tried to bring order to the nomadic population and unruly beys and fought the bands called the Kızılkocaoğulları. He died in Zilhicce 845 [April-May 1442] and was buried in the tomb of the mosque he had built in Amasya. He is known to have had sons named Hızır, Yûnus, and Mustafa and two daughters, Sitti and Hundi Hatun; of his sons, Hızır and Mustafa fell as martyrs at the Battle of Varna.

Hüsameddin's record shows that about three and a half centuries later the waqf was still managed by his descendants; Ahmed Bey's father Ömer Bey was also steward of the waqf. Yörgüç Pasha's complex of buildings in Amasya consists of a mosque, a lodge, a madrasa, and a soup kitchen (imaret), and it is known today by its mosque, which still stands. No information on Ahmed Bey himself was found in any source other than this record.

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