Amasyalıdır. Üçler Mahallesi eşrâfından el-Hâc Hüseyin Efendi bin Yeniceli el-Hâc Hâfız Mehmed Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Genç iken Enderûn-ı hümâyûna girdi. Seferli odasında hüsn-i terbiye görüp sesi gâyet güzel olduğundan mü’ezzinân-ı şehriyârîden oldu.
Bir müddet Amasya’ya gönderildi. 1187 zilka’desinde Sultân Abdülhamid Hân-ı Evvelin cülûsunda afv buyrulup İstanbul’a gitdi. Bâbü’s-sa’âde ağası kalemine girip [691] 1193 senesi recebinde efendisi olan Cevher Ağa dâru’s-sa’âde ağası olduğunu müte’âkib şa’bânında bâ-rütbe-i hâcegânî dâru’s-saâde ağası kâtibi oldu.
1195’de, Cevher Ağa’nın ba’zı ahvâl-i müfritası bunun ilka’atına hamledilerek infisâl etdi. Fakat Ağa’nın ahvâl-ı müfritası devam etdiğinden 1197’de azli üzerine bunun berâ’eti zâhir olup 1198’de mevkufâtî ve 1201 senesi şevvâlinde top-hâne nâzırı oldu.
1203’de Sultân Selîm Hân-ı Sâlisin cülûsunda ibkâ edilip azl ve tekâ’üde sevk edildi. Beş yıldan ziyâde mütekâ’idâne yaşayıb 1210’da vefât etdi. Mahdûmu vüzerâdan es-Seyyid Hüseyin Paşa’nın terceme-i hâli aşağıda gelir. Müdebbir, kâtib, mizac-gir idi.
In Modern English
He was from Amasya. He is the son of Hacı Hüseyin Efendi, one of the notables of the Üçler quarter, who was the son of Yeniceli Hacı Hâfız Mehmed Efendi. He entered the Enderun-ı hümâyun at a young age. Well trained in the Seferli Odası, and since his voice was very beautiful, he became one of the sultan's muezzins.
For a time he was sent to Amasya. On the accession of Sultan Abdülhamid I in Zilkade 1187 [1774] he was pardoned and went to Istanbul. He entered the office of the Babüssaade ağası, and in Receb 1193 [1779], after his master Cevher Ağa became darüssaade ağası, in Şaban he became scribe of the darüssaade ağası with the rank of hâcegân.
In 1195 [1780-81], when some excesses of Cevher Ağa were attributed to his instigation, he left his post; when, as the ağa's excesses continued, the ağa was dismissed in 1197 [1782-83], this man's innocence came to light, and in 1198 [1783-84] he became mevkufatî and in Şevval 1201 [1787] tophane nazırı.
On the accession of Sultan Selim III in 1203 [1788-89] he was left in his post. Afterwards he was dismissed and retired. He lived more than five years in retirement and died in 1210 [1795-96]. The biography of his son, the vizier Seyyid Hüseyin Pasha, follows below. He was prudent, a scribe, and ill-tempered.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- Enderûn: the inner service and training section of the palace
- mü'ezzinân-ı şehriyârî: the sultan's muezzins
- cülûs: accession to the throne
- Bâbü's-sa'âde ağası: head of the palace harem aghas
- hâcegân: a high rank among the divan scribes
- infisâl: leaving office
- ilkâ'at: instigation, sowing discord
- tophâne nâzırı: administrator of the artillery corps and the cannon foundry
- ibkâ: leaving in place
- mütekâ'idâne: as a retiree
- mizac-gir: ill-tempered, quick to anger
The Frame of the Text
The entry tells the path of a native of Amasya who entered palace service and went from muezzin through the Enderun and the office of the harem ağa to the superintendency of the tophane. The dates Hüsameddin gives, Zilkade 1187 and 1203, are tied respectively to the accessions of Abdülhamid I and Selim III. The text refers to the biography of his son Seyyid Hüseyin Pasha. No information was found in other sources on Ahmed Efendi, on Cevher Ağa or on his training in the Seferli Odası.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 215–215. amasya.bel.tr