Yeniçeri serdârı Cebecioğlu Hacı Mehmed Ağa bin İbrâhim Ağa’nın mahdûmu ve es-Seyyid Osmân Paşa’nın birâderidir. Amasya a’yânından olup def’âtle nakîbü’l-eşrâf kâ’im-makâmı, meclis-i a’yân ve hâcıyân a’zâsı oldu. 1218 senesi hilâlinde vefât etdi. Mahdûmu es-Seyyid el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa Çeribaşı Mahallesi eşrâfından idi. Bunun kerîmesi Fatıma Hanım vâlidemin vâlidesidir. Ahfâdından es-Seyyid İbrâhim Efendi 1306’da ve oğlu Cücük Abdullah da 1321 hudûdunda vefât etdi. [191]
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
İbrâhim Efendi — Cebecizâde es-Seyyid 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)
Our Research Article
Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He was the son of the janissary commander (serdâr) Cebecioğlu Hacı Mehmed Ağa, who in turn was the son of İbrâhim Ağa; he was the brother of Seyyid Osmân Pasha. He was one of the notables (ayan) of Amasya; he was many times deputy of the nakîbüleşrâf and a member of the councils of notables and pilgrims. He died at the beginning of 1218. His son Seyyid Hacı Mehmed Ağa was among the notables of the Çeribaşı neighborhood. His daughter Fatıma Hanım is my mother's mother. Among his grandchildren, Seyyid İbrâhim Efendi died in 1306, and his son Cücük Abdullah around 1321.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- serdâr: commander, chieftain
- mahdûm: son; birâder: brother; kerîme: daughter
- a'yân: local notables; def'âtle: many times
- nakîbüleşrâf kâ'im-makâmı: the deputy of the nakîbüleşrâf, the head of the seyyids
- hâcıyân: pilgrims; a'zâ: member
- hilâl: the beginning of the month; hudûd: around, approximately
- eşrâf: notables, nobles
- vâlidemin vâlidesi: grandmother (the author's mother's mother)
- ahfâd: grandchildren, later generations
The Author's Own Family
The entry is one of the places where Hüsameddin touches on his own family: Fatıma Hanım is mentioned as "vâlidemin vâlidesi," that is, the author's maternal grandmother. According to the text the family was among the notables of the Çeribaşı neighborhood. Because of a line of descent running from İbrâhim Ağa's son Mehmed Ağa to his daughter Fatıma Hanım, and from there to the author's mother, Hüsameddin knows this family closely; the dates 1306 [1888-89] and 1321 [1903-04] in the entry provide a family record that comes down to the author's own time.
Offices such as deputy of the nakîbüleşrâf (head of the seyyids) and membership in the councils of notables and pilgrims show that the ayan were counted among the local notables who mediated between the people and the state. Who İbrâhim Ağa's brother Osmân Pasha was, and where the family took the name Cebecioğlu, cannot be understood from the text. 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
- Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi, "Âyan" article (islamansiklopedisi.org.tr).