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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · İKİNCİ FASIL

Hacı Bayrâm Ağa of Ilısu

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 401–402 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Merzifon’un Ilısu köyünden Alî Ağa’nın oğludur. Zuğulu Timur Süleyman Paşa’nın, ba’dehû birâderi Cevher Paşa’nın kethüdâsı olarak servet ü sâmân edindi. Ba’dehû Merzifon’da ikâmet edib bir aralık Merzifon voyvadası oldu. 1176 sâlinden sonra vefât etdi. Mahdûmu ulemâdan el-Hâc Alî Efendi’dir. Bunun evlâdına [462] Hacı Bayrâmoğulları dendi. Bunlardan el-Hâc Mehmed Sa’îd Efendi meşâhîr-i ulemâdan idi.

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In Modern English

He is the son of Alî Ağa from the village of Ilısu in Merzifon. As steward (kethüda) of Zuğulu Timur Süleyman Pasha, and then of his brother Cevher Pasha, he acquired wealth. Afterwards he settled in Merzifon and for a time became voivode of Merzifon. He died after 1176 [1762-63]. His son is Hacı Alî Efendi, of the learned class. His children came to be called the Hacı Bayrâmoğulları. Among them Hacı Mehmed Sa'îd Efendi was one of the famous scholars.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • kethüdâ: steward, the deputy who ran the affairs of a pasha or notable (kethüda)
  • servet ü sâmân: property, wealth
  • ikâmet: settling, residing
  • voyvoda: administrator in charge of tax collection and order in a district (voivode)
  • mahdûm: son
  • ulemâ: scholars, the learned class
  • meşâhîr-i ulemâ: famous scholars

Voivode and Steward

In Ottoman documents the local dynasties referred to as voivode, mütesellim (deputy governor), tax collector and mutasarrıf are also called âyan; where lands were granted as paşmaklık and arpalık, the appointment of local âyan as voivode or mütesellim increased their strength in administration. The path Hüsameddin describes fits this framework: Bayrâm Ağa first acquired wealth as steward of two pashas, then was made voivode in the town where he lived. The years in which he served as voivode, and in whose name, are not in the text; nor could they be verified from any other record.

The Pashas and the Village

No information was found in the sources examined on Zuğulu Timur Süleyman Pasha and his brother Cevher Pasha, on the settlement of Ilısu, or on the Hacı Bayrâmoğulları family. According to the book's own arrangement, this Bayrâm Ağa is the founder of a family distinct from the Bayrâm Alîzâde family of Amasya: that family's root is in the Pervâne Bey quarter of Amasya, while this family's root is in the village of Ilısu in Merzifon.

Merzifon and Its Surroundings

Merzifon is an old settlement dependent on Amasya, founded on the southern slope of Mount Tavşan (Taşan), at the edge of the Merzifon plain. The years after 1176 [1762-63] recorded by Hüsameddin fall in the town's eighteenth-century situation. It is stated that no important events took place in Merzifon in this period and that the town continued its situation of the previous century. Three generations of the family (Bayrâm Ağa, Hacı Alî Efendi, Hacı Mehmed Sa'îd Efendi) are presented in the book only by this short record. No other record was found on the works or posts of Hacı Mehmed Sa'îd Efendi.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 401–402. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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