Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 59 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Amasyalıdır. Sipâhî a’yânından Beyoğlu demekle meşhûr el-Hâc İdrîs Ağa bin Osmân Ağa bin Çavuşbaşı Mehmed Bey mahdûmudur. Sipâhî, Amasya kethüdâyeri, İrân muharebâtında yararlığı görüldüğünden orduda sipâhîlerağası oldu. Bu esnâlarda vefât etdi. Amasya a’yânından idi.
Diğer Çavuşzâde İbrâhim Ağa bin Mûsâ Bey de 76 silahdâr bölüğünde mukayyed ve yevmi elli akçeye mutasarrıf bir sipâhî olup “Yüzbaşı” demekle meşhûr ve muhârebelerde nâm kazanmış bir pehlivân idi.
He was from Amasya. He was the son of el-Hâc İdris Ağa, famous as "Beyoğlu", of the sipahi ayan; İdris Ağa was the son of Osman Ağa, who was the son of Çavuşbaşı Mehmed Bey. He was a sipahi and became kethüdâyeri of Amasya (commander of the provincial kapıkulu cavalry); because he distinguished himself in the Iranian wars he became sipahiler ağası in the army. He died around this time. He was one of the Amasya ayan.
Another İbrahim is Çavuşzâde İbrahim Ağa, the son of Mûsâ Bey. He was a sipahi registered in the 76th silahdar company, at a daily pay of fifty akçe. He is famous as "Yüzbaşı" and was a pehlivan who made a name in the wars.
While the kapıkulu cavalry sat in or near the capital until the middle of the 16th century, from the second half of the century they were settled in many parts of the empire. To keep these cavalrymen settled in the provinces under discipline and to send them on campaign, officers called "kethüdâyeri" began to be appointed from the 1570s. According to one academic study, the kethüdâyeris in time turned into influential figures in provincial administration, becoming men of influence where they were or gaining influence after being appointed.
The same study turns to Hüsameddin's book on the kethüdâyeris of Amasya and notes that it gives information about many people who served as Amasya kethüdâyeri. According to the study, Hüsameddin shows that these people were later appointed mütesellim and voyvoda of various places, and that some attached themselves to pashas and received more prestigious posts. The path of İbrahim Ağa in this entry fits this line too: kethüdâyeri in Amasya, then sipahiler ağası in the army.
Hüsameddin does not write the year of İdris Ağa's death; he says only that he died during the Iranian wars. In other entries of the book these wars are referred to as the "Iranian battles", without specifying which campaign is meant. İbrahim Ağa's period therefore could not be determined exactly. No information was found in other sources on Çavuşzâde İbrahim Ağa and the nickname "Yüzbaşı" either.