Amasyalı Çavuşoğlu Mûsâ Ağa’nın oğludur. Yeniçeri, Amasya serdârı, 1201’de serdengeçtiler ağası olarak Rus harbine gitdi. İbrâz-ı hizmetiyle turnacıbaşı pâyesini aldı. Ba’dehû mükerreren Amasya serdârı olup 1217 sâlinde vefât etdi. Yeniçeri a’yânından cesûr, gâzi kimse idi. Yeniçerilerin ağababası sayılırdı.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
İbrâhim Ağa — Dalkılıç el-Hâc
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 67 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He was the son of Çavuşoğlu Mûsâ Ağa of Amasya. He was a janissary and commander (serdâr) of Amasya; in 1201 he went to the Russian war as aga of the serdengeçtis. For the service he showed, he received the rank of turnacıbaşı. Afterward he was commander of Amasya many times and died in 1217. He was one of the janissary notables, a brave man and a veteran of holy war (gazi). He was regarded as the respected elder of the janissaries ("ağababası").
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- serdâr: commander, chieftain (here understood as the local head of the janissaries of Amasya)
- serdengeçti: volunteer janissary units ready to risk their lives; serdengeçtiler ağası: the commander of these units
- turnacıbaşı: the name of a rank in the janissary corps; pâye: rank, grade
- ibrâz-ı hizmet: showing service
- mükerreren: repeatedly
- cesûr: brave; gâzi: one who has shown valor in war; ağababası: respected elder
The Russian War and the Janissaries of Amasya
Hüsameddin does not say which Russian war the man went to; the year 1201 corresponds to 1786-87 CE. The death date, 1217, is 1802-03. The entry does not say how many times the man served as commander of Amasya, only "many times." The text gives no information about the Çavuşoğlu family or where the epithet "Dalkılıç" came from. No information about this person was found in other sources.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 67. amasya.bel.tr