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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · İKİNCİ FASIL

Hacı Bayrâm Alî Ağa

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

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya’nın Pervâne Bey Mahallesi ahâlîsinden Osmân bin Alî mahdûmudur. Sipâhî meşâhîrinden olup Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Ahmed Paşa’nın Ağalarından iken sadâret kapıcılar kethüdâsı ve 1087’de sürre emîni olup Hicâz’a gitdi. Avdetinde Amasya’ya gelip 1094’de vefât etdi. Mahdûmları Osmân Paşa ile Mehmed Ağa’dır. Bunlara ve evlâdına Bayrâm Alîzâdeler dendi.

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In Modern English

He is the son of Osmân, son of Alî, from the people of the Pervâne Bey quarter of Amasya. Belonging to the well-known sipahis, and while still one of the agas of Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha, he became steward of the grand vizier's gatekeepers (sadaret kapıcılar kethüdâsı); in 1087 [1676-77] he went to the Hijaz as surre commissioner. On his return he came to Amasya and died in 1094 [1683]. His sons are Osmân Pasha and Mehmed Ağa. They and their children came to be called the Bayrâm Alîzâdes.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mahdûm: son
  • meşâhîr: the well-known, the famous
  • sipâhî: member of the mounted military class (sipahi)
  • kapıcılar kethüdâsı: chief officer of the palace and grand vizier's gatekeepers, the steward who ran their affairs
  • sürre emîni: the person charged with carrying and distributing the surre (the purse of money and gifts) sent to Mecca and Medina
  • avdet: return
  • evlâd: children, offspring
  • -zâde: son of, descendant of (Bayrâm Alîzâde: descendant of Bayrâm Alî)

What a Surre Commissioner Did

The surre was the money, gold and other goods sent each year before the pilgrimage season to be distributed among the people of Mecca and Medina. In the Ottoman period the chief black eunuch (Darüssaade ağası) arranged the surre ceremony in Istanbul, while the surre commissioner was appointed to ensure security along the road and to distribute the surre once it reached the Two Holy Cities. Before 1864, when it was sent overland, the surre procession was held on the twelfth of Rajab or on the days after. Hüsameddin gives 1087 [1676-77] as the year in which Bayrâm Alî Ağa was entrusted with this duty; since his name was not found in other sources, the date rests on this record alone.

Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha and the Rank of Ağa

Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha served as grand vizier from 1661 to 1676 and died of illness on 3 November 1676. According to Hüsameddin, Bayrâm Alî Ağa was among his agas; his service may therefore be supposed to have begun within the grand vizier's years in office, that is, between 1661 and 1676 (inference). The year 1087 given for the surre commission coincides with the year of the grand vizier's death. No source connecting the two was found.

The Pervâne Bey Quarter

One of the people known as Pervâne Bey in Amasya is İzzeddin Mehmed Pervâne, who drew up the endowment deed of the Burmalı Minare Mosque in 1299-1300; the mosque itself was built in 1242 by Ferruh Bey and his brother, the treasurer Yusuf Bey. It is strongly suggested that the quarter's name is related to this Pervâne Bey, but no record stating it directly was found; this is an inference. The quarter's present-day name could not be verified either.

About the Family

In the three entries that follow, Hüsameddin describes later generations of the same family: Bayrâm Ağa, son of his son Mehmed Ağa (d. after 1138 [1725-26]), then Bayrâm Ağa's son İsmâîl Efendi and grandson Bayrâm Efendi (d. around 1220 [1805-06]). The line beginning with Bayrâm Alî Ağa can thus be traced over five generations in the book. No information on Bayrâm Alî Ağa and his family was found in other sources.

Bibliography

Primary sources

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

Academic studies

Other sources

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