Amasyalıdır. Hüseyin Paşa kethüdâsı olup l058’de maktûlen vefât eden Sarı Mehmed Ağa bin el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi bin Hacı Mustafa Efendi’nin üçüncü mahdûmudur. Sipahi meşâhirinden hayli muhârebâta iştirâk ederek Amasya kethüdâyeri, ba’dehû Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Ahmed Paşa’nın ağalarından oldu.
Bir müddet Gümüş Madeni emîni ve kazâ voyvadası olup l083’de Eski Kethüdâ Mahallesi mescîdini müceddeden inşâ ederek pâbuccular içinde kâin dört bâb dükkânlarını bu mescidin mesâlih-i şer’iyyesine vakf ve tahsîs etdi. Oraya imâm ve müezzin tayin ederek l099’da vefât etdi.
Meşâhir-i a’yândan olup mahdûmları vüzerâdan Ali Paşa ile a’yândan el-Hâc Osmân Ağa’dır. Hacı Osmân Ağa’nın oğulları Emrullah, Ali Ağalar ile el-Hâc Mehmed Paşa’dır. Hacı Ali Ağazâde el-Hâc Mehmed [283] Ağa, Mustafa Paşa meşhûrdur.
In Modern English
He was from Amasya. He was the third son of Sarı Mehmed Ağa, steward of Hüseyin Pasha, who was killed in 1058 [1648-49]; that is, of Sarı Mehmed Ağa son of Hacı Mehmed Efendi son of Hacı Mustafa Efendi. He was among the well-known sipahis and took part in many battles; he became kethüda yeri of Amasya and then one of the agas of Köprülüzade Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha.
For a time he was superintendent of the Silver Mine and district voivode; in 1083 [1672-73] he rebuilt the mosque of the Eski Kethüda Quarter and endowed four shops of his in the cobblers' market as a waqf for the religious needs of this mosque. Having appointed an imam and a muezzin there, he died in 1099 [1687-88].
He was one of the well-known notables; his sons are the vizier Ali Pasha and the notable Hacı Osman Ağa. The sons of Hacı Osman Ağa are Emrullah and Ali Ağa and Hacı Mehmed Pasha. Hacı Ali Ağazade Hacı Mehmed Ağa and Mustafa Pasha are well known.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- maktûlen vefât: dying by being killed
- sipahi meşâhiri: the famous among the sipahis
- kethüdâyeri: kethüda yeri; a post that assists the steward of a unit or acts in his place. Which unit in Amasya is meant cannot be understood from the text
- emîn: an official in charge of a trust, a mine or an item of revenue
- voyvoda: an official responsible for the revenue and order of a district
- müceddeden inşâ: rebuilding
- mesâlih-i şer'iyye: religious needs
- vakf ve tahsîs: setting aside income for a charitable purpose
- mescid: a small mosque
- a'yân: the leading and influential people of a place
Köprülüzade Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha and the Silver Mine
The Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha of the text is the son of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha and was born in 1045 [1635-36] in the town of Köprü (Vezirköprü) in Amasya. His grand vizierate began on 8 Rebîülevvel 1072 [1 November 1661] and lasted until his death on 26 Şaban 1087 [3 November 1676]. The year 1083 [1672-73], when the quarter mosque was rebuilt, falls within this period. That the pasha, among whose agas Emrullah Ağa stood, was of Amasya origin may explain why he took local people into his service; but no such link is written in the sources read, and this is an inference.
The "Silver Mine" is probably present-day Gümüşhacıköy; this is also an inference, since the text does not explain the place name. In Gümüşhacıköy a mint operated in the Seljuk period, and Kılıçarslan IV had silver coins ("Gümüş sikke") struck there in 1263. In the sixteenth century the place remained under the mint administration of the province of Sivas. Today the district has the Köprülü Mehmet Pasha Mosque (1660) and the Köprülü caravanserai and bedesten (1669). When Emrullah Ağa served as mine superintendent, and what the post covered, are not given in the sources read.
The Eski Kethüda Quarter Mosque and the Notable Family
The present state and name of the Eski Kethüda Quarter mosque, and the waqf shops in the cobblers' market, could not be established in the sources read. The family chain in the text is as follows: Hacı Mustafa, Hacı Mehmed, Sarı Mehmed Ağa (d. 1058), Emrullah Ağa (d. 1099), his sons the vizier Ali Pasha and Hacı Osman Ağa, and Hacı Osman's sons Emrullah, Ali and Hacı Mehmed Pasha. This chain shows that in Hüsameddin's later entries the same family is mentioned in Amasya as notables across several generations. No information on members of the family was found in other sources.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 349–350. amasya.bel.tr