Köprülüdür. Köprü ve Amasya’da şeyhü’l-kurrâ olan Giridli el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi’nin mahdûmu olup Köprü’de doğdu. Amasya’da tahsîl-i ilm ve ma’rifet edib İstanbul’a gitdi. Ammizâdesi Hüseyin Paşa’nın sadâretinde Bâb-ı âlîde kethüdâ kalemine girdi.
1122’de Köprülüzâde Nu’mân Paşa’nın sadâretinde [275] kethüdâ kâtibi olarak dâhil-i zümre-i hâcegân oldu. Ba’dehû mukâbele-i süvârî, sânîyen kethüdâ kâtibi olup 1127’de azliyle Amasya’ya gönderildi.
Amasya’da Ömer Paşazâde Osmân Bey’in baş-a’yânlığında meclis-i a’yâna a’zâ olup cür’etkârâne harekâtı yüzünden birkaç def’a teftîşâta uğradı. 1143 vak’asında zî-medhal görülmekle Diyârbekir’e nefy edilip 1144’de ma’fuvven avdet ve 1147 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Kâtib, nâfizü’l-kelîm, müteharrik bir zât idi.
In Modern English
He was from Köprü. The son of Giridli Hacı Mehmed Efendi, who was şeyhülkurrâ at Köprü and Amasya, he was born at Köprü. After acquiring learning and knowledge at Amasya, he went to Istanbul. During the grand vizierate of Hüseyin Pasha, whom he referred to as "the son of his paternal uncle" (ammizâdesi), he entered the kethüda kalemi at the Sublime Porte.
In 1122 [1710], during the grand vizierate of Köprülüzâde Nu'mân Pasha, he joined the class of hâcegân as kethüda kâtibi. Then he became süvari mukabelecisi and a second time kethüda kâtibi, and in 1127 [1715] he was dismissed and sent to Amasya.
At Amasya, during Ömer Paşazâde Osmân Bey's term as chief âyan, he became a member of the ayan council; because of his bold behaviour he was investigated several times. Being found to have had a hand in the incident of 1143 [1730-31], he was exiled to Diyarbekir; in 1144 [1731-32] he was pardoned and returned, and he died around 1147 [1734-35]. He was a clerk, a man whose word carried weight, and an active man.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- şeyhü'l-kurrâ: the head of those who teach the recitation of the Qur'an, a teacher of recitation
- ammizâde: paternal cousin
- Bâb-ı âlî: the office of the grand vizier, the seat of government
- kethüdâ kalemi: the secretarial office of the grand vizier's kethüda (kethüda of the grand vizierate)
- hâcegân: the senior clerks of state offices; zümre: class
- mukâbele-i süvârî: the head of the office that kept and checked the records of the cavalry soldiers
- sânîyen: for the second time
- teftîşât: investigations
- zî-medhal: one who has a hand or share in a matter
- nefy: exile; ma'fuvven: having been pardoned; avdet: return
- nâfizü'l-kelîm: one whose word carries weight, whose word is heeded; müteharrik: active, enterprising
A Clerk in the Shadow of the Köprülü Grand Viziers
Ebûbekir Efendi's whole career in Istanbul passed under the patronage of two grand viziers of the Köprülü family. The Hüseyin Pasha called "the son of his paternal uncle" in the entry is the grand vizier known in Ottoman history as Amcazâde Hüseyin Pasha. According to M. Münir Aktepe's encyclopedia entry, Hüseyin Pasha was the son of Hasan Ağa, the younger brother of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha; he received the nickname "Amcazâde" during the grand vizierate of his cousin Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha. After the rout at Zenta he became grand vizier in September 1697, signed the Treaty of Karlowitz on 26 January 1699, and on 4 September 1702 resigned by sending the seal to the sultan; a few weeks later he died at his farm at Kumburgaz.
Hüsameddin's expression "ammizâdesi" can be read in two ways. Just as it can be thought that the Giridli family was really related to the Köprülüs, the author may also have used this word while referring to the pasha by the nickname by which he was known. No kinship tie between the Giridli family and the Köprülüs was found in the sources read.
The year 1122 [1710], when the clerk rose to the class of hâcegân, coincides with the very short grand vizierate of Köprülüzâde Nu'mân Pasha. According to the entry written by Abdülkadir Özcan, Nu'mân Pasha, son of Fâzıl Mustafa Pasha, became grand vizier in place of Çorlulu Ali Pasha on 18 Rebîülâhir 1122 [16 June 1710] and was dismissed on 20 Cemâziyelâhir 1122 [16 August 1710]. Famed for his justice and called "Hoca Pasha" for his scrupulousness in religious matters, the great favour the people showed when he came to the grand vizierate had made Ahmed III suspicious. Giridlizâde's rise to hâcegânlık fits within this two-month grand vizierate.
The Incident of 1143 and the Exile to Diyarbekir
The event that appears briefly in the entry as the "incident of 1143" is described in detail in the annals of Hüsameddin's fourth volume. In Zilkade 1142 [May-June 1730], a fire broke out in a house near the mansion of the chief âyan Gürcüzâde Hacı İbrâhim Bey in the Hacı İlyas quarter; when it was said that the fire had been set deliberately by supporters of Helvâcı Hacı İsmâil Ağa, an opponent of Hacı İbrâhim Bey, the two sides came to blows. A quarter was burned from end to end, about ten people from the two sides were killed, and many houses were plundered.
At the beginning of 1143 the mutasarrıf of Amasya, Selîm Pasha, began an investigation by arresting about a hundred people, but when he had to go to the Iranian war he reported the situation to the Sublime Porte. Then the governor of Egypt and inspector of Anatolia, Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Abdullah Pasha, came to Amasya, heard the ayan, the ulema and the guild kethüdas one by one, and with a firman obtained from Istanbul handed down heavy sentences at the beginning of Cemâziyelâhir [December 1730]. Gürcüzâde Hacı İbrâhim Bey was exiled to Samsun and Helvâcı Hacı İsmâil Ağa to Ankara; in the annals' words he sent "the dersiâm Kara İsmâil and Giritlioğlu Hacı Ebûbekir Efendis to Diyârbekir," and had twelve of the guilty executed. This record confirms the exile to Diyarbekir in the entry exactly.
In the annals Giritlioğlu's name appears before this incident as well: the mufti Âkif Mustafa Efendi was charged, together with Ömer Paşazâde Osmân Bey, Rahtuvân Paşazâde Hacı İbrâhim Bey and other notables, with examining the accounts of Ortaköylü Hacı Vahâb and Giritlioğlu Hacı Ebûbekir Efendis and investigating the complaints against them. The entry's phrase "was subjected to investigations several times" points to investigations of this kind. Ömer Paşazâde Osmân Bey is also the son of Bekir Beyzâde Ömer Pasha of Amasya and appears as chief âyan in 1109 [1697-98] and 1128 [1715-16].
This local conflict in Amasya coincides with the same year as the Patrona Halil rebellion in Istanbul, which ended the Tulip Era. The rebellion began on 28 September 1730, Ahmed III was deposed and Mahmud I came to the throne. The event Hüsameddin calls the "incident of 1143," however, is not the rebellion in the capital but Amasya's own ayan quarrel; the two events must not be confused with one another.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 92. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 4 (events of the years 1109, 1128 and 1142-1143).
Academic studies
- M. Münir Aktepe, "Amcazâde Hüseyin Paşa", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (islamansiklopedisi.org.tr).
- Abdülkadir Özcan, "Köprülüzâde Nûman Paşa", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (islamansiklopedisi.org.tr).
Other sources
- "Patrona Halil İsyanı" entry (tr.wikipedia.org).