Köprülüdür. Oranın eşrâfından el-Hâc Ahmed Ağa’nın oğludur. Köprü a’yânından Ulu Ya’kûbzâde el-Hâc Ömer Bey’e intisâb ederek teayyün ve Rus muharebesinde fedâkârâne harb edib ibrâz-ı şecâ’atle avdetde Köprü voyvodası oldu. 1235 sâline doğru vefât [203] etdi. Yerini birâderi el-Hâc Mehmed Emîn Ağa tutdu. Müdebbir, şeci’, cesûr, hânedan bir kimse idi.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
İbrâhim Ağa — Danacıoğlu el-Hâc
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 70 • 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 is from Köprü. He is the son of Hacı Ahmed Ağa, one of the notables of that place. By attaching himself to Ulu Ya'kûbzâde Hacı Ömer Bey, one of the ayan of Köprü, he entered the ranks of the leading men; in the Russian war he fought without sparing his life and showed valor, and on his return he became voyvoda of Köprü. He died around 1235 [1819-20]. His brother Hacı Mehmed Emîn Ağa took his place. He was a prudent, brave, courageous man from a long-established family.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- eşrâf: the leading families of a place
- intisâb: attaching oneself to a great man, becoming his man
- teayyün: entering the ranks of the leading men, gaining standing
- fedâkârâne: without sparing one's life
- ibrâz-ı şecâ'at: showing valor
- voyvoda: the official who collected the taxes of a district and conducted its administration
- müdebbir: prudent, one who knows his business; şecî': brave
- hânedan: from a long-established, noble family
The Voyvodalık of Köprü
The Köprü in the entry is present-day Vezirköprü, which in the Ottoman period was a district (kaza) attached to the sanjak of Amasya and in 1925 was attached to Samsun. Like Hacı Kâsımzâde İbrâhim Ağa, described in entry 233 of this volume, Danacıoğlu İbrâhim Ağa comes from the notables of the township, rises by attaching himself to an ayan, and becomes voyvoda of Köprü after taking part in war and gaining fame. Read together, the two entries show that at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century the voyvodalık of Köprü changed hands among a few ayan families of the township.
Yücel Özkaya notes that officials who collected taxes as deputies of the sanjak governor were sometimes also called voyvoda, and that in the eighteenth century such posts largely passed into the hands of local dynasties. Özcan Mert likewise writes that the local dynasties seen in documents as voyvoda, mütesellim and muhassıl were at the same time called ayan. That Danacıoğlu İbrâhim Ağa's voyvodalık passed after his death to his brother Hacı Mehmed Emîn Ağa is an example of this post being kept within the family.
The text does not state which Russian war is meant. In the reign of Selim III a state of war with Russia arose again in 1806; this is probably the war İbrâhim Ağa took part in before his death around 1235, but this is an inference. No information was found in other sources about Ulu Ya'kûbzâde Hacı Ömer Bey, to whom İbrâhim Ağa attached himself, his father Hacı Ahmed Ağa, or his brother Hacı Mehmed Emîn Ağa.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 70. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
- Yücel Özkaya, "Mütesellim", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mutesellim).
- Özcan Mert, "Âyan", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/ayan).
- Kemal Beydilli, "Selim III", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/selim-iii).
Official sources
- T.C. Vezirköprü Kaymakamlığı, "Vezirköprü'nün Tarihçesi" (vezirkopru.gov.tr).