AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İlyâs Bey-Hacı Beyzâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 344 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Amasya vâlisi iken Sultân Bâyezîd-i Sânî defterdârı olan el-Hâc Perviz Bey’in mahdûmudur. Yavuz Sultân Selîm Hân ümerâsından olup Çaldıran harbinde aldığı yaradan dolayı tekâüd edilip 924’de mâlik olduğu Çayköy ve Dereköy çiftliğini evlâdına vakf ve ba’dehû vefât etdi. Mahdûmları Veli, Hamza Beylerdir. Veli Paşa, muahharan Beylerbeyi oldu.¹⁶² [266]

Footnotes

  • 162 Bu vakfa evlâdı neslen ba’de neslin mütevellî ve mutasarrıf olarak ll39’da evlâdından Hacı Hasan Ağa bin Mehmed Ağa ll40’da ref’inden birâderi Ali Ağa ve ll58’de vefâtıyla diğer birâderi Abdullah Ağa mütevellî oldu. ll6l’de Abdullah Ağa’nın ref’iyle İbrâhim Ağa bin Ali Ağa bin Mehmed Ağa mütevellî olup ll95 cumâdelûlâsının yirmi ikisinde vefâtıyla mahdûmu Selim Ağa ve l223’de kasr-ı yediyle oğulları İbrâhim, Muslî Ağalar mütevellî oldu. l247’de Muslî Ağa’nın vefâtıyla Mehmed Ağa bin İbrâhim bin Ali bin Mehmed’in oğulları Mustafa, Osmân Ağalar mütevellî oldu. l270’de Osmân Ağa’nın fevtiyle oğlu Âbidîn Ağa ve l285’de Mustafa Ağa’nın vefâtıyla oğulları Halil, Mehmed Ağalar mütevellî olmuşlardı.
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In Modern English

He was from Amasya. He was the son of Hacı Perviz Bey, who was defterdar of Sultan Bayezid II when the latter was governor of Amasya. He was one of the beys of Yavuz Sultan Selim Khan; retired on account of a wound received in the battle of Çaldıran, he endowed to his children, in 924 [1518-19], the Çayköy and Dereköy farm that he owned, and died after that. His sons are Veli and Hamza Bey. Veli Pasha later became beylerbeyi.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • defterdâr: official in charge of finances and registers, treasurer
  • ümerâ: beys
  • mahdûm: son
  • tekâüd: being retired
  • mâlik olduğu: that he owned
  • çiftlik: cultivated farmland and the buildings attached to it
  • vakf: assigning the income of a property to a charitable purpose or to a family
  • ba'dehû: after this
  • beylerbeyi: a senior administrator at the head of a province

The Battle of Çaldıran

According to Mustafa Çetin Varlık's article, the Battle of Çaldıran was fought between Yavuz Sultan Selim and the Safavid ruler Shah Ismail on the plain of Çaldıran on 23 August 1514. The battle began with an attack by 40,000 elite cavalry under the Shah's command; owing to the effective fire of the artillery and the mobile cannon, the Ottomans won a decisive victory. Many soldiers died on both sides; on the Ottoman side the beylerbeyi of Rumeli and ten sanjak beys lost their lives. The "wound received in the battle of Çaldıran" that Hüsameddin writes of for Perviz Bey's son refers to this battle, in which the Ottoman army suffered heavy losses. That he was retired because of his wound rests on Hüsameddin and could not be verified in another source read.

After the battle Yavuz Sultan Selim entered Tabriz, and on the way back there were Janissary revolts. An embassy from Shah Ismail came while Selim was in Amasya, but the sultan did not receive the delegation.

Amasya in the Time of Prince Bayezid

The entry says Perviz Bey was "defterdar of Bayezid when he was governor of Amasya." From Çelebi Mehmed on, Amasya was a princely center where Murad II, Fâtih and Bayezid II served as sanjak bey. It is understood that Perviz Bey ran Bayezid's financial affairs during his years in Amasya; no detail is given. The years in which the defterdarship fell, the source of the title "Hacı," and Perviz Bey's other posts could not be found in the sources read.

The Waqf and the Succession of Mütevellis

Hüsameddin's footnote shows that the waqf of the Çayköy and Dereköy farm was carried on within one family line as mütevelli. The succession named in the footnote begins in 1139 [1726-27] with Hacı Hasan Ağa bin Mehmed Ağa and extends to 1285 [1868-69], when Halil and Mehmed Ağa became mütevelli. The waqf appears to have been run within the family for close to three and a half centuries, from 924 [1518-19] to this record; but the succession rests only on Hüsameddin, and comparing it with survey or waqf registers was not possible in the sources read. Which present-day villages the settlements named Çayköy and Dereköy correspond to also could not be verified.

No information was found in the sources read on Veli Pasha's becoming beylerbeyi or on the identity of the son Hamza Bey.

Bibliography

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