Amasyalı Kadızâdedir. 1104 senesi zilka’desinin yirmisinde ibkâen Amasya mutasarrıfı oldu. İnfisal ve nasbı bir ay sürdü. Mütesellim Kaya Ali Ağa’nın azliyle kendi mahdûmu Hasan Bey Amasya mütesellimi oldu.
Zilhiccede kâ’im-makâm rikâb-ı hümâyûn Amasyalı Osmân Paşa’nın himmetiyle Cidde beyi olan Amasya a‘yânından Şamlıoğlu Rahtuvan Mehmed Bey Habeş beylerbeyi oldu.
1105 senesi gurre-i muharreminde Kadı Ahmed Efendi İstanbul’a gidip Müftüzâde Ömer Efendi Amasya nâibi ve Rahmi Efendizâde el-Hâc Lütfullah Efendi yine baş a‘yân oldu. Saferinde Amasya Mutasarrıfı [218] Hüseyin Paşa iadeyi afiyetle Rakka beylerbeyi olduğundan Amasya sancağı Sivas Beylerbeyi Mahmûd Paşa’ya tevcîh edildi.
In Modern English
He is one of the Kadızâdes of Amasya. On the twentieth day of Zilkade 1104 [1693] he became mutasarrıf (governor) of Amasya again. A month passed between his dismissal and his reappointment. With the dismissal of the mütesellim (deputy governor) Kaya Ali Ağa, his own son Hasan Bey became mütesellim of Amasya.
In the month of Zilhicce, through the efforts of the deputy of the imperial stirrup (rikâb-ı hümâyun kaymakamı), Osmân Pasha of Amasya, Şamlıoğlu Rahtuvan Mehmed Bey, one of the notables of Amasya, who was bey of Jeddah, became beylerbeyi of Abyssinia (Habeş).
On the first day of Muharrem 1105 [1693] the kadı (judge) Ahmed Efendi went to Istanbul; Müftüzâde Ömer Efendi became naib (deputy of the kadı) of Amasya, and Rahmi Efendizâde el-Hâc Lütfullah Efendi again became head notable (baş âyan). In the month of Safer, since Governor Hüseyin Pasha of Amasya had regained his health and become beylerbeyi of Raqqa, the sanjak of Amasya was given to the beylerbeyi of Sivas, Mahmûd Pasha.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- ibkâen: leaving in place, continuing in the post
- infisâl ve nasb: leaving a post and being appointed again
- mahdûm: son
- himmet: effort, support, patronage
- iâde-i âfiyet: regaining health
- tevcîh: granting a post to someone
The Beylerbeyilik of Raqqa and the Settlement of Tribes
According to Hüsâmeddin, Kadızâde Hüseyin Pasha left Amasya in Safer 1105, that is, in the autumn of 1693, and moved to the beylerbeyilik of Raqqa. Raqqa in those years was one of the main regions where Ottoman administration wanted to settle the nomadic tribes of Anatolia. As noted in Bekir Gökpınar's study on Topal Yusuf Pasha, during the war years some tribes in Central Anatolia began to disturb the order of the settled population; the state aimed, by settling these groups in deserted and ruined places, both to make the land flourish and to establish a balance against the Arab tribes. According to the same study, in 1107 (1695-96) the governor of Raqqa, Hüseyin Pasha, together with the governor of Baghdad, Ali Pasha, and the voivode of Diyarbekir, was sent against Mâni', the sheikh of the Muntafiq who rebelled in Basra, but no result was obtained.
Kadızâde Hüseyin Pasha's link with Raqqa may go back earlier than the date Hüsâmeddin gives. Mustafa Koyuncu, who studied the tribes around Kilis, reports, relying on Özcan Tatar's doctoral thesis, that in June 1690 the beylerbeyi of Raqqa, Kadızâde Hüseyin Pasha, was assigned to punish the perpetrators of a tribal attack. Hüsâmeddin, however, shows the pasha at that date as governor of Amasya. This difference between the sources suggests that the pasha, while holding Amasya, may also have been occupied with settlement affairs in Raqqa; but no document could be reached to confirm this.
Rahtuvan Mehmed Bey's Beylerbeyilik of Abyssinia
Rahtuvan Mehmed Bey, written in the entry as raised to the beylerbeyilik of Abyssinia, is the Rahtuvan Mehmed Pasha who will appear later in an entry as governor of Amasya. Hüsâmeddin counts him among the notables of Amasya; in an earlier entry it is told that in 1100, as mütesellim of Amasya, he took part in the cleansing of the upstarts and in return received the rank of kapıcıbaşı (head of palace gatekeepers) of the Sublime Porte.
The move from the beylik of Jeddah to the beylerbeyilik of Abyssinia suits the administrative order of the period. According to Cengiz Orhonlu's entry on the province of Abyssinia, from the last years of the seventeenth century the province of Abyssinia began to be governed no longer independently but combined with another administrative unit; for example, in October 1701 Süleyman Pasha, who was then governor of the sanjak of Jeddah and sheikh al-haram of Mecca, was given the beylerbeyilik of Abyssinia in addition to these posts. After this practice took hold, the beylerbeyis resided in Medina and governed the province of Abyssinia through a deputy. Rahtuvan Mehmed Bey's receiving the beylerbeyilik of Abyssinia while bey of Jeddah can be regarded as an earlier example of this combined administration. Hüsâmeddin's mention of the "support" (himmet) of the stirrup deputy Osmân Pasha of Amasya in the appointment is also a detail showing how much ties of common origin operated in appointments at the center of the state.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 4, p. 615–615. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies