Amasya eşrâfından es-Seyyid Hâfız Mehmed Efendi’nin mahdûmu olup tahsîl-i maârifden sonra mukâtaât kâtibi, 1217’de şehir kethüdâsı 1222’de nakîbü’l-eşrâf kâim-makâmı ve 1223’de Sivas vâlisi olan Cebbârzâde [325] Celâleddîn Mehmed Paşa’nın kâtib-i dîvânı oldu.
1227’de paşanın zaman-ı idbârında Amasya‘ya gelip 1230 senesi muharreminde hacıbaşı ve 1233 senesi muharreminde baş a’yân oldu. Üç mâh sonra Yeniçeri-Talebe vak’ası zuhûrunda tesebbübü görüldüğünden baş a’yânlıkdan azliyle Samsun’a nefy edildi. İki mâh sonra affıyla Celâleddîn Paşa’nın kethüdâsı oldu.
1236’da Paşa’nın vezâreti ref ve nefy edildiğinden Amasya‘ya gelip 1237’de meclis-i a’yân a’zâsı 1239’da baş a’yân olduysa da sene-i mezbûre recebinde yine Talebe-Yeniçeri vak’ası olup Sivas’a celbedildi. Oraya vusûlünde berâeti zâhir olduğundan Hicâz’a gitdi. 1240’da esnâ-yı avdetde vefât etdi. Meşâhir-i a’yândan, nâfizü’l-kelim, servet ü yesârı mükemmel idi. Birâderi es-Seyyid el-Hâc Mustafa Efendi’dir.
In Modern English
He was the son of Seyyid Hâfız Mehmed Efendi, one of the notables of Amasya. After finishing his studies he became secretary of the divan to Cebbârzâde Celâleddin Mehmed Pasha, who had been a clerk of the mukâtaât, in 1217 [1802-03] steward of the city, in 1222 [1807-08] deputy of the head of the sayyids (nakîbü'l-eşrâf), and in 1223 [1808] governor of Sivas.
In 1227 [1812], when the pasha's fortunes had turned, he came to Amasya; in the month of Muharram 1230 [December 1814] he became hacıbaşı, and in Muharram 1233 [November 1817] chief ayân. Three months later, when the Janissary-Student incident broke out, he was seen to have caused it, was removed from the chief ayânship and was exiled to Samsun. Two months later he was pardoned and became steward of Celâleddin Pasha.
In 1236 [1820-21], when the pasha's vizierate was abolished and he himself was exiled, he came to Amasya; in 1237 [1821-22] he became a member of the council of ayâns and in 1239 [1823-24] chief ayân, but in the month of Receb of that same year another Student-Janissary incident occurred and he was summoned to Sivas. On arriving there his innocence became clear, and he went to the Hijaz. He died on the way back in 1240 [1824-25]. He was one of the renowned ayâns, a man whose word carried weight; his wealth and comfort were complete. His brother is Seyyid Hâcı Mustafa Efendi.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- eşrâf: the notables of a town, including those of sayyid descent
- mukâtaât kâtibi: a clerk who kept the records of the mukataa (a unit for the management of state revenues)
- şehir kethüdâsı: the steward who ran the business of a city's administration on behalf of the governor or the ayâns
- nakîbü'l-eşrâf kâim-makâmı: deputy of the nakîbü'l-eşrâf, the head of the sayyids and sharifs
- zaman-ı idbâr: the time when fortune turned and power declined
- hacıbaşı: head of the pilgrims
- baş ayân: the head of the ayâns of a town or district, the most influential local notable
- tesebbüb: being the cause of an event
- nefy: exile
- meclis-i ayân: the local council in which the ayâns met
- ref: abolishing, removing
- berâet: the establishing of innocence
- nâfizü'l-kelim: one whose word is effective and heeded
- servet ü yesâr: wealth and comfort
Who Was Cebbârzâde Celâleddin Mehmed Pasha
The man Hüsameddin calls "Cebbârzâde Celâleddin Mehmed Pasha" should be Mehmed Celâleddin Pasha, son of Süleyman Bey, of the Çapanoğlu family, the powerful ayân family of the Yozgat region. This identification is ours; the name "Cebbârzâde" does not occur in the source read, but the date of the Sivas governorship in the text (1223) agrees with the source. In 1805 Selim III gave Süleyman Bey the post of deputy governor (mütesellim) of the sanjak of Amasya and gave his son Mehmed Celâleddin Pasha the governorship of Sivas with the rank of vizier. At the end of the Nizâm-ı Cedîd, in the summer of 1807, the pasha was transferred from Sivas to Diyarbekir, and in March 1808 he again became governor of Sivas. During the Russian war he was taken prisoner by the Russians; the source gives no year. His father Süleyman Bey died in 1813.
In the following years Mahmud II kept the pasha away from Yozgat with various posts such as Maraş, Erzurum, Karaman, Adana and Rakka. Held responsible for the fall of Yenikale in the Russian war of 1828-1829, the pasha lost his vizierate and was exiled to Tekirdağ with the rank of kapıcıbaşı. In the Tanzimat period he was made district governor (kaymakam) of Bozok and Kayseri, took the same post again in 1846 but was dismissed in the same year, and died in 1848.
The Dates Hüsameddin Gives
Hüsameddin's record "governor of Sivas in 1223" coincides with the appointment of March 1808 in the source. The year in which the vizierate was abolished and the pasha exiled differs: Hüsameddin places it in 1236, while the source mentions this punishment after the war of 1828-1829. Whether the two records refer to the same event or to two separate dismissals could not be established from the sources read. Regarding the "Janissary-Student" (Student-Janissary) incidents mentioned twice in the text, no information concerning Amasya was found in the sources read; these incidents could not be verified. No information on Emîn Mehmed Efendi himself, his brother Hâcı Mustafa Efendi or his father Seyyid Hâfız Mehmed Efendi was found in other sources either.
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