AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İn'âm Bey, Seyyid İn'âmzâde es-Seyyid

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 368 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

1038’de Kayseriyye Sancağı Beyi iken mağdûren şehîd olan Seyyid Ahmed Bey bin es-Seyyid İn’âm Bey’in mahdûmudur. Ze’âmetle Kal’a-i Bâlâ Kethüdâsı, bir aralık dizdârı olup Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Ahmed Paşa’nın himmetiyle mîrlivâ oldu. 1087 sâlinden sonra vefât etdi. Mahdûmları es-Seyyid Mehmed, Ali Ağalardır. Bunlara İn’âmoğulları denirdi.

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In Modern English

He is the son of Seyyid Ahmed Bey, that is, of Seyyid Ahmed Bey son of Seyyid İn'âm Bey, who was killed unjustly in 1038 [1628-29] while sanjak governor of Kayseri. He was steward (kethüda) of Kal'a-i Bâlâ with a zeamet, and for a time its warden (dizdar); through the favor of Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha he became a mîrlivâ (sanjak governor). He died after 1087 [1676-77]. His sons were es-Seyyid Mehmed and Ali Ağa. They were called the İn'âmoğulları.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mağdûren: having suffered injustice
  • mahdûm: son
  • ze'âmet: zeamet, a large military fief, revenue from land assigned to a given person
  • Kal'a-i Bâlâ: the upper fortress
  • kethüdâ: steward, deputy administrator of the fortress
  • dizdâr: fortress commander
  • himmet: help, support
  • mîrlivâ: sanjak governor

The Family and the Previous Entry

This entry should be read together with the previous one. In the previous entry Hüsameddin writes that Mîrlivâ Seyyid Ahmed Bey, son of İn'âm Bey (d. 1013 [1604-05]), was killed unjustly in 1038 while sanjak governor of Kayseri. The person here is the son of that Seyyid Ahmed Bey; that is, the grandson of the İn'âm Bey of the previous entry. Hüsameddin adds that the family was known as the "İn'âmoğulları". No information was found in another source on the death of Seyyid Ahmed Bey.

Kal'a-i Bâlâ

The place called "Kal'a-i Bâlâ" (upper fortress) in the text is probably the Amasya fortress; but since the text does not name the fortress explicitly, this is an inference. Who built the Amasya fortress is not known for certain. The fortress, which controlled the Samsun-Tokat road in the Seljuk period, kept its importance under the Ottomans. In the early 16th century it had a warden, a steward and fifty-seven garrison men. From the 18th century the fortress lost its importance and began to fall into ruin. The stewardship and wardenship Hüsameddin attributes to İn'âmzâde may be a continuation of this staffing structure in the following century (inference).

Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha

Köprülüzâde Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha was grand vizier from 31 October 1661 to 3 November 1676; important campaigns of this period were Uyvar (1663), Candia in Crete (1669) and Kamianets (1672). Since İn'âmzâde's rank as mîrlivâ came through Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha's favor, it was most likely given during his grand vizierate (1661-1676); Hüsameddin's "died after 1087" is consistent with this (inference). The sanjak in which he served as mîrlivâ is not stated in the text.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 368–368. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Other sources

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