Amasyalıdır. Kibâr-ı mevâlîden Şirvânî Hacı İsa Efendizâde mevâlî-i devriyyeden Beykoz nâibi iken 1336’da vefât eden el-Hâc Mehmed Nuri Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Amasya‘da Kocacık Mahallesi’nde doğdu.
Amasya mekteb-i idâdîsinden bâ-şahâdetnâme çıkıp [92] İstanbul’a gitdi. (...)¹⁰⁷’de Mülkiye mektebine girip aliyyü’l-a’lâ derecesinde şehâdetnâme aldıkdan sonra birkaç kazâya kâim-makâm ve ba’dehû (...)¹⁰⁸’de terfîen Lazistân Sancağı mutasarrıfı oldu.
Bu me’mûriyetinde Kuvvâ-yı Millîyye teşkilâtında hizmeti sebk eylediğinden 1341’de Amasya mebûsu intihâb edilerek hizmeti takdîr edildi. 1345’de sâniyen Amasya mebûsu olup 1349’da sâlisen Amasya mebûsluğuna ibkâen intihâb edildi. Müdebbir, muktedir, vatan-perver olan ricâl-i milliyyedendir.
In Modern English
He is from Amasya. He is the son of Hacı Mehmed Nuri Efendi, of the great mevâlî (high-ranking judges), a Şirvânî Hacı İsa Efendizâde, who died in 1336 while nâib (judge) of Beykoz, of the mevâlî of the rotating class. He was born in the Kocacık quarter of Amasya.
After graduating with a diploma from the Amasya idâdî school, he went to Istanbul. In (the author has left the year blank) he entered the Mülkiye school and, after receiving his diploma with the highest grade, served as kâim-makâm (district governor) in several districts, and then in (the author has left the year blank), by promotion, became mutasarrıf of the Lazistan Sanjak.
Because during this post his service to the Kuvâ-yı Millîye (National Forces) organization had been carried out, he was elected deputy for Amasya in 1341, and his service was appreciated. In 1345 he became deputy for Amasya for the second time, and in 1349, elected a third time, he was kept in the deputyship for Amasya. He is among the prudent, capable, patriotic leading men of the nation.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kibâr-ı mevâlî: the great mevâlî; members of the learned class (ilmiye) of high rank on the ladder of professorship and judgeship
- mevâlî-i devriyye: the learned class that took judgeships in turn, by rotation
- nâib: one who carries out judicial duties on behalf of the kadı; the judge of a small district
- mekteb-i idâdî: secondary school, lycée
- bâ-şahâdetnâme: with a diploma
- aliyyü'l-a'lâ: the highest grade
- kâim-makâm: district governor, kaymakam
- mutasarrıf: governor of a sanjak (liva)
- Kuvâ-yı Millîyye: the local resistance organizations of the National Struggle
- ibkâen: leaving in place, keeping in office
- ricâl-i milliyye: leading national figures
Who He Was
His birthplace, his father's name and the order of his posts agree with the life story of Ahmet Esat Uras (1882 Amasya - 11 January 1957 Ankara). According to some sources, Uras finished the Vefa İdadisi and the Mülkiye school; served as an administrator in İzmit, Bolu, İnebolu, Ahtabolu and Gevaş, served as mutasarrıf of Rize, and was deputy for Amasya in the Grand National Assembly from the second term to the eighth. The same sources give his grandfather as İsa Efendi, who came to Amasya from Şamahı, and his father as Hacı Nuri Bey; this agrees with the names "Şirvânî Hacı İsa Efendizâde" and "Hacı Mehmed Nuri Efendi" in Hüsameddin. Hüsameddin calls him Es'ad Ahmed; that he is the same person as the man known today as Ahmet Esat Uras is, to a large extent, certain, though the book does not give the surname.
The Lazistan Sanjak and the National Forces
During the years of the National Struggle the centre of the Lazistan Sanjak was Rize, and the sanjak was attached to the Trabzon province. Among the mutasarrıfs of Rize in this period the names of Ahmet Faik (Günday), Eşref, Esat and Hurşit Beys appear. In the list of mutasarrıfs of Rize, Ahmet Esat Uras is cited for the year 1922. Hüsameddin's remark that he was elected deputy "because of his service in the Kuvâ-yı Millîye organization" is consistent with this post.
The Deputies of Amasya
The seven deputies who represented Amasya in the first Grand National Assembly were Ahmet Hamdi (Apaydın), Dr. Asım (Sirel), Ali Rıza (Özdarende), Mehmet Ragıp (Topala), Ömer Lütfi (Yasan), Ali Rıza (Topçu) and Bekir Sami (Kunduh); Esat Uras is not on this list, and entered the Assembly from the second term onward. It is possible that the years 1341, 1345 and 1349 that Hüsameddin gives correspond to three successive elections, that is, those of 1923, 1927 and 1931; this is an inference, and the calendar is not stated in the book. Uras's deputyship after these three elections does not appear in the book; according to the sources it continued to the eighth term.
Points to Note
In the book his birth quarter appears as Kocacık; since another source writes the quarter name as "Gumacig", it could not be verified whether these two names refer to the same place. Hüsameddin left two dates blank, and the editors of the edition note this in a footnote.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 292–292. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
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