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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Ağa — Çavuş

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 37 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Ali oğlu olup dergâh-ı âlî çavuşânından olarak devr-i hidemâd etdi. Sultân Ahmed Hân-ı Evvel devrinde muhassıl, cizyedâr olup Sultân Osmân Hân-ı Sânî devrinde Galata voyvodası oldu. 1031 recebi vak’asında ihtifâ ve ba’dehû vefât etdi. Diğer Amasyalı İbrâhim Ağa bin Halîl Ağa da sipâhilerden olup Gümüş ma’deni emîni, ba’dehû Merzifon voyvodası oldu. 1041 sâline doğru vefât etdi.

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In Modern English

He was from Amasya. He was the son of Ali; he served the state as one of the çavuşes of the Sublime Porte. In the time of Sultan Ahmed I he became a tax collector (muhassıl) and jizya collector; in the time of Sultan Osman II he became voivode of Galata. During the incident of the month of Receb 1031 [May 1622] he went into hiding, and afterwards died.

The other İbrâhim Agha of Amasya, son of Halîl Agha, was also one of the sipahis; he became steward of the silver mine, then voivode of Merzifon. He died around the year 1041 [1631-32].

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • dergâh-ı âlî çavuşânı: the çavuş officials of the palace, kapıkulus who served in ceremonies and communication
  • devr-i hidemât: completing one's period of service, passing through the sequence of posts
  • muhassıl: official in charge of collecting taxes
  • cizyedâr: official who collects the jizya from non-Muslims
  • voyvoda: official who looks after the financial and administrative affairs of a place
  • vak'a: incident
  • ihtifâ: going into hiding
  • emîn: official responsible for carrying out a task

The Receb 1031 Incident

The incident Hüsameddin calls the "1031 Receb incident" is the deposition of Osman II on 8 Receb 1031 (19 May 1622). The sources state that his attempts to reorganize the Janissary corps increased distrust within the corps, and that this led to the uprising. İbrâhim Agha's going into hiding in this turmoil must be connected with his holding a post close to the sultan as voivode of Galata; this is an inference, and the text does not give the reason.

Steward of the Silver Mine

The stewardship of the silver mine in Amasya is an old post; it is known that Hacı Halil Pasha was appointed in 1403 by Çelebi Sultan Mehmed to the stewardship of the silver mine in the town of Amasya. The text does not say at which silver mine the second İbrâhim Agha mentioned by Hüsameddin served. The same person also appears in entry 116 of the book as Kuloğlu İbrâhim Agha son of Halîl Agha. The date of death differs in the two entries: here 1041, there after 1068.

No information about Çavuş İbrâhim Agha himself was found in other sources.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 37–37. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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