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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Eyyûb Ağa — Nûhoğlu el-Hâc

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 387 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Merzifonludur. Oranın eşrâfından olup Devlet Hatûn vakfı mütevellîsi iken 1070 senesi cumâdelâhiresinde vefât eden Nuh Ağa bin Mustafa Ağa’nın oğludur. Bir müddet Merzifonî Kara Mustafa Paşa’nın ağalarından olup müşârün-ileyhin vefâtında Hacı Alî Paşa’ya ba’dehû Amcazâde Hüseyin Paşa’ya intisâb etdi. 1114’de müşârün-ileyhin irtihâlinde Hicâz’a gidip avdetde Merzifon’a geldi. 1121’de vefât eyledi. Birâderi Mustafa Ağa’dır.

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In Modern English

He was from Merzifon. He was one of the notables of the town; he was the son of Nuh Ağa, son of Mustafa Ağa, who died in Cemâziyelâhir 1070 [1660] while trustee of the Devlet Hatun waqf. For a time he was among the ağas of Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha, and when the said pasha died he attached himself to Hacı Ali Pasha, and then to Amcazâde Hüseyin Pasha. When the latter died in 1114 [1702-03] he went to the Hejaz, and on his return came to Merzifon. He died in 1121 [1709-10]. His brother was Mustafa Ağa.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • eşrâf: notables
  • mütevellî: the person who runs a waqf
  • ağa: a title used for prominent persons and officials
  • müşârün-ileyh: the said, the one mentioned
  • intisâb: attachment, coming under someone's patronage
  • irtihâl: death
  • avdet: return

The Devlet Hatun Waqf

In Merzifon, in the İmaret quarter, Devlet Hatun, mother of Çelebi Mehmed, had an imaret built in 822 [1419] together with a mosque and a zawiya; these waqf works are found in the registers of the sixteenth century (Mehmet Öz). Hüsameddin's book has other records on the trustees of the waqf. According to the entry Ahmed Bey-Yûsuf Paşazâde, the trustees descend from Sinâneddîn Yûsuf Pasha, Devlet Hatun's kethüda; from this line Mehmed Bey, while trustee of the waqf, rose to mirliva as Amasya alaybeyi in the Shirvan war, died in 1008 [1599-1600] during the revolt of Karayazıcı Abdülhalîm, and the trusteeship passed to his son Ahmed Bey. According to the entry Ahmed Bey-Şahbâz Paşazâde, Ahmed Bey Şahbâz Paşazâde of Merzifon became trustee of Devlet Hatun on his father's death, became sanjak governor of Amasya in Rebîülâhir 1092 [1681] under the patronage of Kara Mustafa Pasha, and in 1094, after returning wounded from the Vienna war, retired while keeping the trusteeship of the waqf. In another entry the trustee of the waqf in the fifteenth century is named as Yûsuf Paşazâde Mehmed Bey, Devlet Hatun's "valide kethüda", who is written to have died after 867 [1462-63]; thus the trustee records of the waqf reach back to the fifteenth century. Nuh Ağa's trusteeship appears within this chain; from what date he held the post is not written.

Kara Mustafa Pasha's Merzifon

Between 1666 and 1679 Kara Mustafa Pasha had a complex built in Merzifon. According to Mehmet Öz, the parts of the complex made up of the mosque, the Taşhan, the Bedesten, the library, two baths and shops shaped the look of the town, and the waterways attached to its waqfs changed the social and economic life of the town. According to Abdülkadir Özcan, the pasha had a mosque, library, primary school, inn, bath and bedesten built in Merzifon. That Eyyûb Ağa was among the pasha's "ağas" is a reminder that this circle was full of people from Merzifon; the duties and duration of an ağa's service are not written in the text.

From Pasha to Pasha

Kara Mustafa Pasha was executed on 6 Muharrem 1095 [25 December 1683]. After that Eyyûb Ağa attached himself first to Hacı Ali Pasha, then to Amcazâde Hüseyin Pasha. Who Hacı Ali Pasha was is not stated in the entry and could not be verified. Amcazâde Hüseyin Pasha was the son of Hasan Ağa, brother of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha; he took part in the Vienna campaign in Kara Mustafa Pasha's retinue, was imprisoned after the defeat, and at the beginning of 1684 was removed from Istanbul with the beylerbeyilik of Şehrizor. He became grand vizier on 13 September 1697, signed the Treaty of Karlowitz on 26 January 1699, withdrew from office on 4 September 1702 and died on 22 September 1702 (M. Münir Aktepe). This date agrees with the year 1114 that Hüsameddin gives. That Amcazâde had been on campaign in Kara Mustafa Pasha's retinue makes it possible to explain Eyyûb Ağa's passing from one pasha to another by a shared circle; this is an inference and is not said in the text.

The Journey to the Hejaz

The text says that after Amcazâde's death Eyyûb Ağa went to the Hejaz and returned. It is not written that the journey was made for the pilgrimage; but the title "el-Hâc" in the heading suggests that Eyyûb Ağa did perform the pilgrimage. This too is an inference.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 387. amasya.bel.tr
  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, same edition, vol. 6, entries "Ahmed Bey-Yûsuf Paşazâde" and "Ahmed Bey-Şahbâz Paşazâde", and the record naming the Bektemür sons and Yûsuf Paşazâde Mehmed Bey.

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