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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İsmâil Ağa (Çerkeszâde)

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 307 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Esbak Amasya Mütesellimi Çerkes Beyzâde [143] Mustafa Bey’in oğludur. Sipâhi olup Macaristân ve Girit Muhârebelerinde bulunarak terakkî gördü. Mükerreren Amasya kethüdâsı olup Bayburtluzâde Kara İbrâhim Paşa ağalarından oldu. 1095’de müşârün-ileyhin sadâretinde kapıcıbaşı olup sonra Amasyalı Hüseyin Paşa kethüdâsı ve 1097’de tarafından Basra mütesellimi oldu. 1098’de müşârün-ileyhin vefâtı üzerine İstanbul’a gelip 1101 senesi ramazânında vefât etdi. Mahdûmu el-Hâc Ali Ağa’dır.

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In Modern English

He was from Amasya. He was the son of Çerkes Beyzâde Mustafa Bey, the former Mütesellim of Amasya. A sipahi, he served in the wars of Hungary and Crete and rose in rank. Many times kethüda of Amasya, he became one of the ağas of Bayburtluzâde Kara İbrâhim Pasha. In 1095 [1683-84], during the grand vizierate of the aforementioned, he became kapıcıbaşı, then kethüda of Amasyalı Hüseyin Pasha, and in 1097 [1685-86] mütesellim of Basra on his behalf. In 1098 [1686-87], on the death of the aforementioned, he came to Istanbul and died in Ramazan 1101 [1690]. His son is Hacı Ali Ağa.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • esbak: former, previous
  • mütesellim: deputy who ran a district in place of the governor
  • mahdûm: son
  • sipâhi: mounted soldier, cavalryman holding a timar
  • muhârebât: wars
  • mükerreren: many times
  • kethüdâ: steward, one who ran the affairs of a pasha or of the notables of a town
  • kapıcıbaşı: head of the palace gatekeepers; a high-ranking palace official assigned to state business
  • müşârün-ileyh: the person mentioned above

Bayburtluzâde Kara İbrâhim Pasha

Kara İbrâhim Pasha, of whom Hüsameddin says "he became one of his ağas", was born in 1030 (1620-21) in the village of Handevrek in Kelkit, attached to Bayburt, the son of a villager named Katırcı Ahmed. In his youth he served as a levend soldier in the retinue of Abaza Hasan; after the suppression of the revolt (1659) he fled to Iran, and on his return came under the patronage of Firârî Mustafa Pasha and then attached himself to the grand vizier's kethüda Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Ağa. When Merzifonlu became grand vizier he was admitted to the Divan as third vizier; after the failure of the Siege of Vienna he turned against his former master, and Kara Mustafa Pasha was executed on 6 Muharrem 1095 (25 December 1683); Kara İbrâhim Pasha then served as grand vizier for about two years.

After being removed from the grand vizierate, Kara İbrâhim Pasha was imprisoned and his property confiscated, banished to Rhodes in Rebîülâhir 1097 (March 1686), and killed there in Şaban 1098 (June-July 1687) by the chief gatekeeper Kör Mustafa Bey. Hüsameddin's words "in 1098, on the death of the aforementioned, he came to Istanbul" match this date exactly; although it is not entirely clear which of the two persons named in the text is meant, this match points to the killing of Kara İbrâhim Pasha. This is an inference.

Amasya and Merzifon Connections

Kara İbrâhim Pasha's master, Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha, was brought up under the patronage of Köprülü Mehmed Bey (Pasha) while the latter was sanjak bey of Amasya. That İsmâil Ağa was among Kara İbrâhim Pasha's ağas can be read within these regional ties; but no record of him was found.

Could Not Be Verified

No information was found in the sources read on İsmâil Ağa, his father Çerkes Beyzâde Mustafa Bey or his son Hacı Ali Ağa. Nothing was found either on Amasyalı Hüseyin Pasha or on his appointment of a mütesellim to Basra.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 307–307. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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