Amasyalıdır. Hacı İlyas Mahallesi eşrâfından es-Seyyid el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa bin el-Hâc Hâfız Ahmed Efendi bin Yeniceli Hâfız el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi mahdûmudur. Pederinin hayatında Amasyalı vezîr es-Seyyid Mustafa Paşa’nın dâiresinde bulunarak silâhdârı ve sadâret kâ’im-makâmlığında kapıcıbaşı oldu.
1203 senesi cumâdelâhiresinde paşanın azl ve tekâ’üde sevkine binâen Amasya’ya gelip şevvâlinde Rus muhârebesine gitdi. Muhârebelerde ibrâz-ı şecâ’at eylediğinden 1204 senesi recebinde bâ-rütbe-i mîr-i mîrânî Tutrakan muhâfızı oldu.
Ba’dehû, Bilecik, Beyşehri, 1211 şevvâlinde Aksaray 1212 zilhiccesinde Kırşehir sancaklarına mutasarrıf ve Kıbrıs [704] muhafazasına me’mûr oldu. 1213 senesi cumâdelâhiresinde Karahisar-ı sâhib, 1214 ramazânında Alâ’iye ve zilhiccesinde İçel mutasarrıfı olup 1216 senesi şevvâlinde ma’zûl oldu.
1217 senesi recebinde Muş sancağı mutasarrıfı olup Amasya’dan Erzurum’a gitdi. Umde-yi erkân-ı devlet olan îrâd-ı cedîd defterdârı Amasyalızâde el-Hâc İbrâhim Efendi’nin himmetiyle sene-i mezbûre şevvâlinin yirmisinde bâ-rütbe-i vezâret Adana vâlîsi, 1218 senesi cumâdelâhiresinde İbrail muhâfızı olduğu halde zilhiccesinde orada vefât etdi.⁸⁷
Müdebbir, müstakîm, âlî himmet bir vezîr idi. Mahdûmu es-Seyyid Mehmed Paşa ile es-Seyyid Osmân, Ömer Beylerdir. Birâderi es-Seyyid Mahmûd Efendi defterdâr idi. Diğer birâderi es-Seyyid Hasan Efendi’dir. Bunun mahdûmları es-Seyyid Mehmed, Osmân Efendilerdir.
Hacı Osmân Efendizâde Ahmed Efendi’nin oğulları, Mehmed, Osmân, Hasan Efendilerdir. Hâfız es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi bin es-Seyyid Ahmed Efendi “Şibşib Hâce” demekle meşhûr olup 1330’da vefât etdi. Mahdûmu nüfus kâtibi Hâfız Ömer Efendidir. Es-Seyyid Mehmed Efendi bin es-Seyyid Hasan Efendi de müderris idi. [705]
In Modern English
He was from Amasya. He is the son of Seyyid Hacı Mehmed Ağa bin Hacı Hâfız Ahmed Efendi bin Yeniceli Hâfız Hacı Mehmed Efendi, one of the notables of the Hacı İlyas quarter. While his father was alive he was in the household of the vizier Seyyid Mustafa Pasha of Amasya and became his silahdar, and during the sadaret kaymakamlığı he became kapıcıbaşı.
When the pasha was dismissed and sent into retirement in Cemaziyelâhir 1203, he came to Amasya and in Şevval went to the Russian war. Because he showed valor in the battles, in Receb 1204 he became guardian of Tutrakan with the rank of mîrimîrân.
Then he became mutasarrıf of the sanjaks of Bilecik, Beyşehir, in Şevval 1211 Aksaray, and in Zilhicce 1212 Kırşehir, and was charged with the defense of Cyprus. He became mutasarrıf of Karahisar-ı Sahib in Cemaziyelâhir 1213, of Alâiye in Ramadan 1214 and of İçel in Zilhicce, and was dismissed in Şevval 1216.
In Receb 1217 he became mutasarrıf of the sanjak of Muş and went from Amasya to Erzurum. Through the efforts of Amasyalızâde Hacı İbrahim Efendi, defterdar of the new revenues (îrâd-ı cedîd) and one of the notables of the state, on the twentieth of Şevval of the same year he became governor of Adana with the rank of vizier; in Cemaziyelâhir 1218, while guardian of Brâila, he died there in Zilhicce.
He was a vizier who managed affairs well, upright and of high zeal. His sons are Seyyid Mehmed Pasha and Seyyid Osman and Ömer Beys. His brother Seyyid Mahmud Efendi was defterdar. His other brother is Seyyid Hasan Efendi. His sons are Seyyid Mehmed and Osman Efendis.
The sons of Hacı Osman Efendizâde Ahmed Efendi are Mehmed, Osman and Hasan Efendis. Hâfız Seyyid Mehmed Efendi bin Seyyid Ahmed Efendi, famous as "Şibşib Hoca," died in 1330. His son is the census clerk Hâfız Ömer Efendi. Seyyid Mehmed Efendi bin Seyyid Hasan Efendi was also a müderris.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kâ'im-makâm: deputy; the kaymakam of the sadaret, deputy of the grand vizier
- kapıcıbaşı: appears in the text as a rank and title of office; its details were not researched
- bâ-rütbe-i mîr-i mîrân: with the rank of beylerbeyi
- mutasarrıf: the official who governed a sanjak
- îrâd-ı cedîd defterdârı: head of the treasury of the new revenues
- ma'zûl: dismissed from office
- muhâfız: guardian, commander of a fortress or region
- sene-i mezbûre: the said year
The Career Chain of a Man of Amasya
The entry shows an exemplary career: an ağa of Amasya, first trained in a vizier's household, then taking successive posts in the provincial administration: Tutrakan, Bilecik, Beyşehir, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Cyprus, Karahisar-ı Sahib, Alâiye, İçel, Muş, Adana and Brâila. According to Hüsameddin's footnote, this information was taken from the official tevcih (appointment) registers found in the cellar of Hagia Sophia; that is, the entry rests on documents.
That a brother in the family was defterdar and that his son reached the rank of pasha shows the family's place in state service. The last part of the entry mentions the branches of the line down to the twentieth century; the man who died in 1330 with the nickname "Şibşib Hoca" is of this line. The hijri year 1203 corresponds to about 1788-89, 1218 to about 1803-04, and 1330 to about 1912.
No information was found in other sources on the vizier Seyyid Mustafa Pasha of Amasya mentioned in the text, on Amasyalızâde Hacı İbrahim Efendi, or on the Yenicelizâde family.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 218–219. amasya.bel.tr