AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Bey — Abdîbeyzâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 41 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Ümerâdan Abdîbeyzâde Ahmed Bey’in mahdûmudur. Züamâdan olup Rumeli Muhârebesinde yararlıklar göstermekle 1061’de Belgrad alaybeyisi görüldü. Ba’dehû mir-livâ olup 1076’da vefâtı müsecceldir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was from Amasya. He was the son of Abdîbeyzâde Ahmed Bey, one of the beys. He was among the zeamet holders, and for the services he showed in the Rumeli war he was seen as alaybeyi of Belgrade in 1061 [1651]. Afterwards he became mîr-livâ (sanjak bey), and it is recorded that he died in 1076 [1665-66].

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • ümerâ: beys, commanders
  • zü'amâ: sipahis who hold a zeamet
  • alaybeyi: commander at the head of the sipahis in a sanjak
  • mîr-livâ: sanjak bey
  • müsecceldir: it is recorded

Alaybeyi and Sanjak Bey

The alaybeyi is the highest commander of the timar-holding sipahis in a sanjak and the sanjak bey's most important military assistant. When campaigns began, he would gather the timar holders of his region and the sipahis they were obliged to raise, and join the sanjak bey. Alaybeyis were appointed at the wish of the sanjak bey or beylerbey, and were likewise dismissed at their wish or that of the judge. It was possible for an alaybeyi to rise to a sanjak governorship; İbrâhim Bey's career follows this path.

No information was found in other sources about the Abdîbeyzâde family or İbrâhim Bey's post in Belgrade.

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