Amasyalıdır. Amasya sipâhilerinden Mehmed Ağa bin hâtib-i Sultân Bâyezîd Mustafa Efendi’nin mahdûmu Ali Ağa’nın oğlu ve sadr-ı esbak Nâilî Abdullah Paşa’nın pederi el-Hâc Halil Ağa’nın birâderzâdesi ve dâmâdıdır. İstanbul’da Aksaray semtinde ikâmet etdiği münâsebetle “Aksarayî” dendi.
Dergâh-ı âlî çavûşânından olup kayın birâderi Nailî Abdullah Paşa reîsülküttâb oldukda kethüdâsı ve sadâretinde dergâh-ı âlî kapıcıbaşılarından olup müşârün-ileyhin sadâretden azlinde yine kethüdâsı olarak devr-i bilâd etdi.
1171’de müşârün-ileyhin maiyyetinde haccedip zilhiccesinde Abdullah Nailî Paşa’nın irtihâlinde İstanbul’a avdet ve 1177 recebinde dâr-ı bekâya rihlet etdi. Üsküdar’da medfûndur. Paşa’nın mûtemedi, mustakîm, eniştesi idi.
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya, the son of Ali Ağa, who was the son of Mehmed Ağa of the sipahis of Amasya, himself a son of Mustafa Efendi, preacher of Sultan Bayezid. He was the nephew and son-in-law of el-Hâc Halil Ağa, the father of the former grand vizier Nâilî Abdullah Pasha. Because he lived in the Aksaray quarter of Istanbul he was called "Aksarayî".
He was one of the çavuşes of the palace; when his brother-in-law Nâilî Abdullah Pasha became reîsülküttâb he was his kethüda, and during his grand vezirate he was one of the kapıcıbaşıs of the palace; when the Pasha was dismissed from the grand vezirate he again went about the country as his kethüda.
In 1171 [1757-58] he made the pilgrimage in the retinue of the said Pasha; when Abdullah Nâilî Pasha died in Zilhicce he returned to Istanbul, and he died in Receb 1177 [1764]. He is buried in Üsküdar. He was the Pasha's trusted and upright brother-in-law.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- sipâhi: a mounted soldier holding a timar
- hâtib: preacher, the official who delivers the Friday and festival sermons
- birâderzâde: brother's son
- dâmâd: son-in-law
- Aksarayî: of Aksaray, living in Aksaray
- dergâh-ı âlî çavûşânı: the çavuşes of the palace and the Porte
- kethüdâ: the assistant of a statesman and the officer who ran his affairs
- reîsülküttâb: head of the scribes of the Imperial Council
- kapıcıbaşı: head of the palace gatekeepers; also awarded as a title
- müşârün-ileyh: the person mentioned
- devr-i bilâd: going about the country, serving in the provinces
- irtihâl: departure, death
- mûtemed, mustakîm: trusted, upright
- enişte: sister's husband
Nâilî Abdullah Pasha
According to Mehmet İpşirli's encyclopedia entry, Abdullah Nâilî Pasha was born in Istanbul, the son of Halil Ağa, a retired Hotin ağa. He entered the Imperial Council chancery in 1713, became beylikçi kesedarı in 1730, and later beylikçi, rikâb beylikçisi and teşrifatçı. As teşrifatçı he compiled, at the sultan's order, the scattered rules of ceremonial, and this work produced his book Mukaddime-i Kavânîn-i Teşrîfât. In 1745 he became beylikçi again, two years later reîsülküttâb, in 1754 başdefterdar, and on 18 May 1755 grand vizier. After about three months, on 24 August 1755, he was dismissed and exiled to the island of Chios, then pardoned and made governor of Crete. In 1758, at his own request, he was sent to the governorship of Jeddah; he fell ill on the way to the pilgrimage, died, and was buried in Mecca beside the grave of Khadija.
This information agrees with the text at several points. Nâilî's father was named Halil Ağa. According to the entry, Nâilî became reîsülküttâb two years after 1745; Emîn Mehmed's kethüdalık must also have begun at that date (inference). The period of Chios and Crete may correspond to the phrase "when he was dismissed he went about the country again as his kethüda" (inference). The date of death agrees too: Hüsameddin gives Zilhicce 1171, the encyclopedia entry gives the year 1171 [1758].
The Hatîbzâde Family
The entry "Abdullah Nâ'ilî Paşa-Hatîbzâde" in volume 12 of the book (p. 567) introduces the Pasha's father as Hacı Halil Ağa bin Mehmed Ağa, who lived in the Davud Paşa quarter of Istanbul and was a grandson of Hâfız Mustafa Efendi, preacher of the Sultan Bayezid Mosque. The line in this entry therefore holds together: Mehmed Ağa, the grandfather of Emîn Mehmed Ağa, is also the father of Halil Ağa; Emîn Mehmed is the son of Halil Ağa's brother Ali Ağa and is married to Halil Ağa's daughter, that is, to Nâilî's sister (inference). Volume 10 of the book (entry Seydî Ahmed Paşa-Kadızâde, p. 339) also records that Nâilî Abdullah Pasha and his brother Ebûbekir Vahdetî Efendi took shares of the income of the Kadı Bath in Amasya.
Emîn Mehmed Ağa Himself
No source outside the book could be found for his residence in Aksaray, for his offices as çavuş and kapıcıbaşı, or for his grave in Üsküdar; this information rests on Hüsameddin alone.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 358–359. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 12, p. 567 ("Abdullah Nâ'ilî Paşa-Hatîbzâde").
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 10, p. 339 ("Seydî Ahmed Paşa-Kadızâde").
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