Amasyalı Abdullah oğludur. Sipâhî meşâhîrinden [353] olup Köprülü Mehmed Paşa’nın ağalarından iken sadâretinden silâhdârân kethüdâsı ve mahdûmunun sadâretinde silâhdâr ağası oldu. 1082’de Kandiye Muhârebesi’nde vefât etdi. Oğulları Ali, Hasan, HüseyinAğalardır.
Hüseyin Ağa 1113’de fevt oldu. Bunun mahdûmu Gâzi Ağa 1132’de sipâhîlerdendi. Ahfâdından el-Hâc Hüseyin Ağa bin Alî Ağa yeniçeri serdârlarından idi. Diğer ahfâdından el-Hâc Osmân Efendi bin Ahmed Ağa da ulemâdandı. Bunlara Hacı Oruçoğulları dendi.
In Modern English
He was the son of Abdullah, from Amasya. Among the renowned sipahis, he was one of the ağas of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, and under his grand vizierate became kethüda of the silahdars (silâhdarlar kethüdâsı), and under his son's grand vizierate silahdar ağası. In 1082 [1671-72] he died in the Candia War. His sons are Ali, Hasan and Hüseyin Ağa.
Hüseyin Ağa died in 1113 [1701-02]. His son Gazi Ağa was among the sipahis in 1132 [1719-20]. Of his grandsons, Hacı Hüseyin Ağa, son of Ali Ağa, was among the Janissary commanders. Another grandson, Hacı Osman Efendi, son of Ahmed Ağa, was among the scholars. They were called the Hacı Oruçoğulları.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- sipâhî: a mounted soldier holding a timar
- meşâhîr: renowned, famous people
- silâhdârân kethüdâsı: the steward of the silahdars, the palace officials who carried the sultan's weapons
- silâhdâr ağası: the head of the sultan's silahdars, a palace official
- sadâret: the grand vizierate
- mahdûm: son
- fevt olmak: to die
- ahfâd: grandsons, later generations of a line
- serdâr: commander, chief
- ulemâ: scholars
The Köprülüs and the Silahdar Ağası
Köprülü Mehmed Pasha served as grand vizier from 1656 to 1661, and on his death his son Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha succeeded him. Fâzıl Ahmed remained in that office until 1676. The two periods Hüsameddin calls "his grand vizierate" and "his son's grand vizierate" are these years: 1656-1661 and 1661-1676. The silahdarship is a palace office; Kara Mustafa Pasha, the son-in-law of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, also served as silahdar under his father-in-law's grand vizierate. When and in what order Hacı Oruç Ağa held this office is not given in the sources read.
This entry should not be confused with Oruç Bey in the previous entry: the man mentioned there is Oruç Bey, son of Alî, from the village of Marınca in Merzifon, while this entry concerns Hacı Oruç Ağa, son of Abdullah, from Amasya.
The Candia War
The Cretan war lasted from 1645 until the fall of Candia in 1669. Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha crossed to the island in 1666 with a large force; the close siege, which lasted two and a half years, ended with the surrender agreement signed on 6 September 1669 (9 Rebîülâhir 1080). The date 1082 [1671-72] that Hüsameddin gives falls two years after the end of the siege. The sources do not explain this discrepancy; the year may be wrong, or a different engagement may be meant. The information that Hacı Oruç Ağa died in the war could not be found in any source other than Hüsameddin.
The Hacı Oruçoğulları
Hüsameddin lists three generations of the line: Ali, Hasan and Hüseyin Ağa; Hüseyin Ağa's son Gazi Ağa; and, among the grandsons, Hacı Hüseyin Ağa and Hacı Osman Efendi. No other source gave information on the place in Amasya of this family, known as the Hacı Oruçoğulları.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 371–371. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies