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İbrâhim Efendi — Hacıköylüzâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 50 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya civârında Hacıköylüdür. Mâliye Defterlerinde mukayyed görüldüğü üzere dergâh-ı âlî kapıcıbaşılarından Cevher Ağa’nın mahdûmudur. Mâliye mektubî kaleminde tefeyyüz [135] ederek hulefâdan olup sonra tezkireci oldu. Buradan 1126’da Girid defterdârlığıyla taşra gönderildi. Ba’de’l-azl 1133 senesi evâhirinde vefât etdi. Birâderleri Ahmed, Osmân Ağalardır.

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In Modern English

He was from Hacıköylü, near Amasya. As seen in the Finance Registers, he was the son of Cevher Ağa, one of the kapıcıbaşıs of the Sublime Porte. Rising in the finance mektubî office, he joined the hulefâ (finance clerks) and then became tezkireci. From there he was sent to the provinces in 1126 [1714] as defterdar of Crete. After being dismissed he died at the end of 1133 [1721]. His brothers were Ahmed Ağa and Osman Ağa.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • dergâh-ı âlî kapıcıbaşısı: head of the gatekeepers serving at the Sublime Porte, a rank in palace service
  • mâliye mektubî kalemi: the office through which the finance department's correspondence was conducted
  • tefeyyüz: progress, rising through training and advancement
  • hulefâ: in this context, persons who had risen to the level of clerk in the finance department
  • tezkireci: senior clerk who drew up documents and memoranda in the grand vizier's or the finance department's office
  • defterdâr: official at the head of the financial affairs of a province or of the state
  • ba'de'l-azl: after dismissal
  • evâhir: the end

The Defterdarship of Crete

The man of this entry is referred to in the book only by the nickname "Hacıköylüzâde"; no detail is given beyond his name and his father's name. The defterdar who ran the financial affairs of Crete under Ottoman administration was the official responsible for the province's records of revenue and expenditure. The date 1126 that Hüsameddin gives is a reminder that Crete was still in Ottoman hands at that time; the island had been conquered in 1669 after a long siege.

In the surveys made, no information on Hacıköylüzâde İbrâhim Efendi was found in any source other than Hüsameddin. The information that the family name derives from a village near Amasya and that his father was one of the palace kapıcıbaşıs is taken only from this book.

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