Amasyalı vüzerâdan Taşcızâde Ebûbekir Paşa’nın mahdûmu el-Hâc Ahmed Bey’in oğludur. Buna “Paşazâde” de denirdi. Züamâdan olup 1170’de alaybeyi vekili, 1171’de Amasya alaybeyi oldu. 1173 zilhiccesinde vefât etdi. Mahdûmu el-Hâc Ahmed Bey’dir.
Diğer Kürd Bekir oğlu es-Seyyid el-Hâc Ebûbekir Bey bin mîr-livâ es-Seyyid Mustafa Bey bin es-Seyyid Ebûbekir Ağa da meşâhîr-i züamâdan olup 1174’de Amasya alaybeyi idi. Eşkıyâ harbinde hizmetler etdi. 1176 sâlinden sonra vefât eyledi. Oğulları Ahmed, Mustafa Beyler de züamâdandır.
In Modern English
He is the son of el-Hâc Ahmed Bey, son of Taşcızâde Ebûbekir Pasha, one of the viziers of Amasya. He was also called "Paşazâde". He was among the zeamet holders; in 1170 [1756-57] he became alaybeyi vekili (deputy alaybeyi), and in 1171 [1757-58] alaybeyi of Amasya. He died in the month of Zilhicce 1173 [July-August 1760]. His son is el-Hâc Ahmed Bey.
Another Ebûbekir is es-Seyyid el-Hâc Ebûbekir Bey bin Mirliva es-Seyyid Mustafa Bey bin es-Seyyid Ebûbekir Ağa, son of Kürd Bekir; he too was among the famous of the zeamet holders and was alaybeyi of Amasya in 1174 [1760-61]. He rendered services in the war against brigands. He died after 1176 [1762-63]. His sons Ahmed and Mustafa Beys are also among the zeamet holders.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- vüzerâ: viziers
- züamâ: zeamet holders (singular zaîm); holders of a large fief with income above 20,000 akçe, sipahis at the command level
- alaybeyi: the commander of the timar-holding sipahis in a sanjak
- mîr-livâ: sanjak bey; the rank of sanjak bey
- meşâhîr: the famous
- eşkıyâ harbi: war against brigands
- eylemek: to do
His Grandfather Taşcızâde Ebûbekir Pasha
The nickname "Paşazâde" comes from Ebûbekir Bey's grandfather Taşcızâde Ebûbekir Pasha. According to what Hüsameddin relates in the same volume, the pasha was among the notables of the Şeyh Garîk quarter of Amasya. He became a sipahi in 1047 [1637-38], attached himself to Köprülü Mehmed Pasha and his son Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha, and rose to the voivodeship of Galata and in 1083 [1672] to the kethüdaship of the grand vizierate; in 1088 [1677] he became governor of Bosnia with the rank of vizier, then governor of Sivas and Erzurum, and in 1094 [1683] fell as a martyr before Vienna. That the lists of Ottoman governors of Bosnia include the name "Hacı Ebûbekir Pasha" in the years 1676-1677 agrees with this information. Hüsameddin gives the pasha's sons as Mehmed and Ahmed Beys and adds, "Ahmed Beyzâde was Ebûbekir Bey, and these were called the Bekir Paşazâdes." The subject of this entry is the son of this very Ahmed Bey. From another branch of the same family, Taşcızâde Ebûbekir Ağa, son of the pasha's brother and kethüda Mustafa Ağa, fell as a martyr in the war with Nadir Shah in 1157 [1744].
The Alaybeyilik
Both Ebûbekir Beys mentioned in the entry were alaybeyi of Amasya. The alaybeyi was one of the commanders of the timar-holding sipahis and could become a sanjak bey when promoted. In the timar system one of the zaîms was chosen and given the title of alaybeyi, and this person was held responsible for all affairs concerning the sipahis within the sanjak. Fiefs with income above 20,000 akçe were called zeamet, and their holders zaîm, meaning a person at the command level. That both Ebûbekir Beys are introduced in the entry as "from the züamâ" conforms to the rule that the alaybeyi was chosen from among the zaîms. That between 1170 and 1174 the post passed between two different Ebûbekir Beys is the reason Hüsameddin mentions these two people in the same entry.
Which event the "war against brigands" in which Ebûbekir Bey, son of Kürd Bekir, took part was cannot be understood from the text. That his father es-Seyyid Mustafa Bey was a mirliva shows that the family reached a rank at the level of sanjak bey. No information on these two Ebûbekir Beys was found in other sources.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 94. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, vols. 6-8, Amasya Belediyesi e-book, vol. 6, the entries "Ebûbekir Paşa-Taşcızâde" and "Ebûbekir Ağa-Taşcızâde".
Academic studies
- Ziya Kazıcı, "Alay", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/alay--osmanli).
- Halil İnalcık, "Timar", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/timar).
Other sources
- "List of Ottoman governors of Bosnia", en.wikipedia.org.