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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Alagöz Ağa — Köprülü

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 23 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya civârında Köprülüdür. İstanbul’da yeniçeri ocağına girip Galatasarayında acemiyân kışlasında terbiye gördü. [41] Sonra 261’inci bölüğe çıkıp muhârebelerde yaralılıklar gösterdiğinden bölük ağası oldu. Sultân Ahmed Hân-ı Evvel devrinde ba’zı ricâlin himmetiyle dâhil-i katâr olup zağarcıbaşı olduysa da 1013 senesinde azledildi. Ba’dehû Budin ağası olup orada 1021’de vefât etdi. Bu ma’lûmât, Ayasofya tabakasında tedkîk etdiğim yeniçeri defterlerinin kuyûdundan anlaşıldı.

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In Modern English

He is from Köprülü, near Amasya. Entering the Janissary corps in Istanbul, he was raised in the barracks of the novice boys (acemi oğlan) at Galatasaray. Then he advanced to the 261st company, and because he showed service in the wars he became company ağa. In the time of Sultan Ahmed Han I, through the efforts of some notables, he entered the corps's cadre and became zağarcıbaşı; but in 1013 [1604-05] he was dismissed. Then he became ağa of Buda and died there in 1021 [1612-13]. This information was learned from the records of the Janissary registers that I examined in the Ayasofya series.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • acemîyân kışlası: the barracks where the novice boys preparing for the Janissaries were trained
  • bölük ağası: commander of a Janissary company
  • dâhil-i katâr: entered the ranks, taken into the cadre
  • zağarcıbaşı: head of the zağarcı ortası (the hound-keepers' unit) in the Janissary corps
  • tabaka: here, the record group in which the Janissary registers were kept

The Zağarcıbaşı Office and Buda

The zağarcıbaşı was the head of the zağarcıs who formed the 64th company in the Janissary corps and was counted among the leading ağas of the corps; he was a natural member of the divan of the Janissary ağa. In documents he also appears in the forms "ser-zağarî" or "ser-zağarcı". Among the Janissary officers serving in large fortresses such as Belgrade, Baghdad and Buda there were also zağarcıbaşıs.

The reason for Alagöz Ağa's dismissal in 1013 is not given by Hüsameddin, and could not be found in another source either. His aghalik at Buda shows that he rose to a Janissary command in an important frontier fortress in the provinces. Hüsameddin bases this information on the register records he examined himself. No reliable record was found on the present-day equivalent of the name "Köprülü". No independent source on Alagöz Ağa was found other than Hüsameddin.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 23–23. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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