Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 320 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Amasya eşrâfından tercemesi yazılan Kapancı el-Hâc Ahmed Ağa’nın oğludur. Pederinin irtihâlinde nüfûz ve i’tibârına [186] binâen mukâtaât iltizâmlarına girişti.
1186’da Amasya Mutasarrıfı olan Canikli Hacı Ali Paşa’ya intisâb ederek Gözdaşoğullarıyla teşrîk-i mesâî edib hâciyân ve a’yân meclislerine a’zâ oldu. Bu yüzden düçâr-ı nefy ü tağrîb olup 1206’da Gözdaşoğullarının i’dâmında zehre-çâk olarak vefât etdi. Nüfûz ve yesâr sâhibi idi. Oğulları Hâfız Hasan, Hüseyin, Süleyman Ağalardır.
He was the son of Kapancı Hacı Ahmed Ağa, one of the notables of Amasya, whose biography is written. On his father's death, relying on his influence and standing, he went into the tax-farms of mukâtaas.
In 1186 [1772-73] he attached himself to Canikli Hacı Ali Paşa, who had become mutasarrıf of Amasya, and cooperated with the Gözdaşoğulları; he became a member of the councils of pilgrims and notables. For this he was exiled, and in 1206 [1791-92], at the time of the execution of the Gözdaşoğulları, he died with his heart burst from fear. He was a man of influence and wealth. His sons are Hâfız Hasan, Hüseyin and Süleyman Ağa.
The date in the text agrees with the sources. According to Yücel Özkaya and the encyclopedia entry, the sanjak of Amasya was given to Canikli Ali Bey as a mâlikâne on 30 May 1772, that is, in Safer 1186. Among the reasons given for granting the sanjak are the prevention of attacks by unruly levends in the region and the safety of the roads. In November 1776 the people of Amasya complained of the oppression of Canikli Ali Paşa, his sons and his supporters. In 1779, after a contest with Çapanoğlu Mustafa Bey, Canikli lost his rank and had to flee; when he was pardoned in 1781 and returned to the governorship of Trabzon, his son Mikdad Ahmed Paşa was given the sanjak of Amasya as an arpalık together with the governorship of Erzurum. İsmâil Ağa's falling into "nefy ü tağrîb" is probably connected with these turbulent years, but the place and time of his exile are not stated in the text.
According to the encyclopedia entry, in 1792 Selim III had Canikli Hacı Ali Paşa's son Mikdad Ahmed Paşa and his grandson Hayreddin Râgıb Paşa executed, and the Canikli family's property was confiscated. The year 1792 corresponds to 1206-1207 AH. Whether the "execution of the Gözdaşoğulları" mentioned by Hüsameddin is the same event could not be determined from the sources. Searches for the Gözdaşoğulları turned up no information. That the dates coincide brings to mind a connection with the fall of the Canikli family, but this is only a possibility.
The encyclopedia entry on the Sultan Bayezid Complex records that in 1256 [1840] Kapancızâde Hacı Hüseyin Zeki Efendi had a muvakkithâne-library and a fountain built. No record was found showing a relation between this man and İsmâil Ağa's son Hüseyin or his family; it can only be said that the same family name also appears in a lasting tradition of charity in Amasya.