Amasyalıdır. 1227’de Dârüssaâde ağası baltacıları zümresine girip 1236’da Baltacılar Kethüdâsı, 1242’de kapıcıbaşı olup ba’zı vilayâta mütesellim oldu. 1248 sâline doğru vefât etdi.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Emîn Mehmed Ağa, Baltacı
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 364 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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In Modern English
He was from Amasya. In 1227 [1812] he entered the company of the baltacıs (axe-bearers) of the Dârüssaâde ağası, in 1236 [1820-21] became steward of the baltacıs, and in 1242 [1826-27] kapıcıbaşı, and served as deputy governor (mütesellim) in several provinces. He died around the year 1248 [1832-33].
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Old Words in the Text
- Dârüssaâde ağası: the chief of the harem eunuchs, the chief black eunuch
- baltacı: a palace servant who carried an axe
- zümre: company, group
- kethüdâ: the administrator of a group, steward
- kapıcıbaşı: the title of head of the palace gatekeepers
- mütesellim: the official who governed a sanjak or district on behalf of the governor
- vilâyât: provinces, regions
The Baltacıs of the Dârüssaâde Ağası
In palace service the baltacıs formed two separate groups. The baltacıs of the Old Palace (Teberdârân-ı Sarây-ı Atîk) served and guarded the harem in Topkapı Palace and the members of the Old Palace, the princes and the sultans outside the palace, and were directly subordinate to the Dârüssaâde ağası. Their highest superiors after the Dârüssaâde ağası were the steward of the baltacıs, the company commanders and the room heads; the senior stewards and room heads were promoted to müteferrika. The long-locked (zülüflü) baltacıs, by contrast, were a separate corps who lived in Topkapı Palace and served in the Enderun and the harem. Hüsameddin's phrase "baltacıs of the Dârüssaâde ağası" should, on this information, point to the baltacıs of the Old Palace; this is an inference.
Hüsameddin writes that Emîn Mehmed Ağa moved from steward of the baltacıs, which he became in 1236 [1820-21], to the rank of kapıcıbaşı in 1242 [1826-27]; in which provinces he served as deputy governor after becoming kapıcıbaşı is not said. No information was found in other sources on the man himself, on his being from Amasya, or on the dates of his posts.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 364–364. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdülkadir Özcan, "Baltacı", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, TDV İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi, 1992. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/baltaci