AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbrâhim Pasha — Hoca Paşazâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 52 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. İğnecizâde Hoca Ahmed Paşa ahfâdından el-Hâc Ömer Bey bin Dede Ali Bey bin Hoca Ahmed Paşa mahdûmudur. Amasya eşrâfından olup meclîs-i a’yâna mükerreren a’zâ ve baş-a’yân ve Amasya mütesellimi ve 1135 senesi saferinin beşinci günü bâ-rütbe-i mîr-i mîrânî Amasya mutasarrıfı olarak İrân harbine gitdi. 1136 rebiülevvelinde muhârebelerde yararlığı görüldüğünden Şehr-i Zor beylerbeyi, ba’dehû “ber-vech-i arpalık” Akşehir mutasarrıfı ve 1141 senesi şevvâlinde Sivas beylerbeyi ve 1143’de Revân muhâfızı olup 1145 senesinde vefât etdi. Şecî’, müdebbir bir hânedân idi. Mahdûmu el-Hâc Ali Bey’dir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was a native of Amasya. He was a descendant of İğnecizâde Hoca Ahmed Pasha, the son of el-Hâc Ömer Bey bin Dede Ali Bey bin Hoca Ahmed Pasha. He was among the eşraf of Amasya; he was a member of the ayan council many times and became baş-a'yân and mütesellim of Amasya. On the fifth day of Safar 1135 [1722] he went to the Iranian war as mutasarrıf of Amasya with the rank of mîr-i mîrân (beylerbeyi). In Rabiulevvel 1136 [1723-24], because his usefulness in the battles was noted, he became beylerbeyi of Şehrizor, then mutasarrıf of Akşehir "as arpalık," in Shawwal 1141 [1729] beylerbeyi of Sivas, and in 1143 [1730-31] warden of Revan, and he died in 1145 [1732-33]. He was a brave and prudent head of his family. His son was el-Hâc Ali Bey.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • eşrâf: the noble and respected persons of a place
  • meclis-i a'yân: the ayan council, a body of local notables
  • mîr-i mîrân: beylerbeyi
  • mutasarrıf: official who governs a sanjak
  • ber-vech-i arpalık: an office given as income in place of a salary
  • muhâfız: official responsible for defending a fortress and its surroundings
  • şecî': brave
  • müdebbir: prudent, capable

A Beylerbeyi from the Line of Hoca Ahmed Pasha

İğnecizâde Hoca Ahmed Pasha, at the head of Ömer Bey's line, is a statesman of Amasya origin. The name İğnecizâde also appears in the chain of sheikhs of the Khalwati tekkes in Amasya (İğnecizâde Pîr Safiyyüddin Mahmûd el-Halvetî); whether this name refers to the same family cannot be understood with certainty from the sources examined.

Ömer Bey's going to the Iranian war in 1135 coincides with the Ottoman eastern campaigns of the 1720s. In the time of Damad İbrahim Pasha the west of Iran was partitioned with Russia (1724), and war broke out with the Afghans (1726). In some sources the Ottoman-Iranian wars are counted in three phases: 1723-27, 1730-32 and 1732-36. The wardenship of Revan in 1143 [1730-31] that Hüsameddin gives fits the second phase. According to Hüsameddin, Ömer Bey rose first from local offices (ayanship, mütesellimship) to the rank of beylerbeyi.

No detail on Ömer Bey's personal life was found in any source other than Hüsameddin.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 52–52. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Other sources

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