Selânik vilâyeti dâhilinde Pazargâh nâhiyesinden Ahmed mahdûmudur. Bidâyet-i nizâmda asker olup 1261’de binbaşı, 1265’de kâim-makâm, 1276’da Anadolu ordusunda ikinci piyade alayının mîrâlâyı olduğu halde Amasya‘ya gelip Kurtzâde Mehmed Bey’in hânesinde misâfir iken 1277’de vefât etdi. Aşağı Pîrler civârında Kemal Paşa Türbesi ittisâlinde medfûn ve seng-i mezârında mahkûkdur.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
İsmâil Bey, the Selanikli
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 331 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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In Modern English
He is the son of Ahmed, from the Pazargâh district in the province of Salonica. At the beginning of the new order he became a soldier, and became a major in 1261 [1845] and a lieutenant colonel (kâim-makâm) in 1265 [1848-49]. In 1276 [1859-60], while colonel (mîrâlây) of the Second Infantry Regiment in the Anatolian army, he came to Amasya, and while a guest in the house of Kurtzâde Mehmed Bey he died in 1277 [1860-61]. He is buried in the neighborhood of Aşağı Pîrler, adjoining the Tomb of Kemal Pasha; this is written on his gravestone.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- bidâyet-i nizâm: the beginning of the new order, that is, of the regular army
- binbaşı: commander of one of the battalions of a regiment
- kâim-makâm: lieutenant colonel; one rank below colonel
- mîrâlây: colonel, regiment commander
- ittisâl: adjoining
- seng-i mezâr: gravestone
- mahkûk: carved or engraved in stone
The Tomb of Kemal Pasha
This entry is of interest less for an officer's career than for the place of his grave. In the first volume Hüsameddin describes the Tomb of Kemal Pasha as follows: it lies southwest of Aşağı Pîrler, beside the road, inside a cemetery; its walls and dome are of stone, and in his own time it was in a ruined state. Inside lie Kemâleddin Mehmed Pasha, one of the viziers of Bayezid II and the grandfather of the şeyhülislam Şemseddin Ahmed Efendi, together with his son Süleyman Çelebi, and also Dukakinzâde Ahmed Pasha, one of the viziers of Selim I, who was put to death in Amasya. Hüsameddin bases this information on court records. Elsewhere in the book it is also recorded that the body of Dukakinzâde Ahmed Pasha, after he was hanged in 921 [1515], was buried in the Tomb of Kemal Pasha in the neighborhood of Aşağı Pîrler.
The fourth volume mentions another aspect of the tomb: when it was proved in court that Süleyman Ağa, chief of the Beyler Palace, had had the lead of the tomb's dome stripped off by the palace gardeners and sold, he was dismissed and sentenced to pay damages and to prison. The record belongs to the first half of the seventeenth century. The dome of the tomb may have been damaged for this reason; this is an inference, since Hüsameddin does not link the later state of the dome to this event.
A Guest of Military Origin
The entry's own information is this: that he came from the Pazargâh district within the province of Salonica, his promotions beginning in 1261, his arrival in Amasya while colonel of the Second Infantry Regiment of the Anatolian army, and his death while a guest in the house of Kurtzâde Mehmed Bey. No information on the Pazargâh district or on İsmail Bey was found in the sources consulted. With what duty he came to Amasya is not written; it is possible that his regiment was in Amasya at that time, but this is an inference and could not be verified. Hüsameddin bases the detail about where he was buried on the gravestone.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 331–331. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, vol. 1, "Kemâl Paşa Türbesi" (p. 211) and the events of 921; vol. 4, the events of 1036; vol. 6, the entry on Dukakinzâde Ahmed Pasha.