Amasya eşrâfından Mîr-i mîrân Hacı Mehmed Paşa bin Ahmed Bey bin Osmân Paşa’nın mahdûmudur. Receb Mahallesi eşrâfından ve meclis-i idâre a’zâsından olup 1261’de vefât etdi. Hânedân bir zât idi. Mahdûmları es-Seyyid Mehmed, Ahmed, Mustafa Beylerdir. [332]
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Emîn Mehmed Bey, Şâhinzâde
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 364 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
Our Research Article
Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He was the son of Hacı Mehmed Pasha, one of the notables of Amasya, who held the rank of mîr-i mîrân (beylerbeyi); Hacı Mehmed Pasha was the son of Ahmed Bey, and Ahmed Bey the son of Osmân Pasha. He was one of the notables of the Receb quarter and a member of the administrative council, and he died in 1261 [1845-46]. He came from a distinguished family. His sons are es-Seyyid Mehmed, Ahmed and Mustafa Beys.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- eşrâf: notables, respected people
- mîr-i mîrân: the rank of beylerbeyi
- meclis-i idâre: the local administrative council
- a'zâ: members
- hânedân: a distinguished, long-established family
- es-Seyyid: the title given to those held to descend from the Prophet
The Receb Quarter
Hüsameddin places the Receb quarter east of the tomb of the Seljuk Sultan Mesud, on the site of the old settlement of Simre. The quarter took its name because Sadreddîn Receb Çelebi, a tutor of sultans who died in 899 [1493-94], lived there and built a mosque. When the mosque burned in the fire of 1011 [1602-03], Hasan Efendi of Amasya, a descendant of Receb Çelebi and a former kazasker of Rumeli, rebuilt it in 1029 [1619-20] and added a school and a fountain beside it. The building burned again in the fire of 1143 [1730-31], and its imam and administrator Sâatçizâde el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi repaired it.
What Could Not Be Found About the Family
Hüsameddin gives no detail beyond the sequence of generations in this entry (Osmân Pasha, Ahmed Bey, Hacı Mehmed Pasha). The text does not say which offices the pasha held, whether his rank reflected a real post or only an honorary title, or where the epithet "Şahinzâde" came from. No entry in the other volumes of the book was found that seems linked to this family. Another person called Şâhinzâde Mustafa Pasha appears in volume 10, but the book establishes no connection between him and the family in this entry, and to assert one would be unfounded at this stage.
No information was found in other sources about Emîn Mehmed Bey, Hacı Mehmed Pasha, Osmân Pasha or the place of the Şahinzâde family in Amasya.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, 7. Cilt, p. 364. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, vol. 1, pp. 116–123 (Receb quarter); vol. 10, p. 270 (the entry in which Şâhinzâde Mustafa Pasha appears).