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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İsmâil Efendi (Bayram Alizâde)

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 314 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya a’yânından Bayrâm Alizâde el-Hâc Bayram Ağa bin el-Hâc Ali Ağa’nın mahdûmudur. Ulemâdan tahsîl-i ulûm ederek bir müddet ders-i âm oldu. Ba’dehû kazâlarda [167] nâib ve ba’zı kasabâta kadı olup 1161’de Meclis-i a’yân a’zâsı görüldü. Pervâne Bey Mahallesi’nde ikâmet ederek 1171’de vefât etdi. Ulemâ ve a’yândan idi. Mahdûmu Ali Rıza Efendi ve bunun mahdûmu da es-Seyyid İsmâil Efendi’dir.

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In Modern English

He was the son of Bayram Alizâde Hacı Bayram Ağa, one of the notables of Amasya; Bayram Ağa was in turn the son of Hacı Ali Ağa. He studied under the scholars and for a time gave public lessons. Afterwards he served as deputy judge (naib) in districts and as judge in some small towns; in 1161 [1748] he was counted a member of the council of notables. He lived in the Pervane Bey Quarter and died in 1171 [1757-58]. He was both a scholar and a notable. His son was Ali Rıza Efendi, and Ali Rıza's son was Seyyid İsmâil Efendi.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • a'yân: the notables or influential men of a place
  • mahdûm: son
  • tahsîl-i ulûm: pursuing learning
  • ders-i âm: a scholar who gives public lessons
  • ba'dehû: afterwards
  • nâib: deputy of the judge serving in a district
  • Meclis-i a'yân a'zâsı: member of the council of notables
  • ikâmet: residence
  • ulemâ: scholars

The Ayan

Ayan is the name given in the Ottoman provinces to influential men in towns and cities who gained social and economic privileges and carried out certain tasks of the state. They included wealthy and influential people from the learned class, the military, merchants and artisans. The ayan became an effective element in provincial administration from the late seventeenth century and gained real power in the eighteenth. Tax collection, conscription and dispatch of troops, logistics on campaigns, pursuit of brigands and some public works were the main duties the center expected of them. Hüsameddin's remark that the father of İsmâil Efendi was "among the scholars and the ayan" fits this description, which shows that a man from the learned class could be counted among the ayan. No information was found in the sources read on how the Amasya council of notables functioned.

The Pervane Bey Quarter

The Pervane Bey Quarter is among the quarters recorded in the Amasya population register of 1256 [1840]. The best-known figure called Pervane in Amasya is İzzeddin Mehmed Pervâne Bey, who had a foundation deed drawn up in 699 [1299-1300] for the Burmalı Minare Mosque; the encyclopedia entry, which relays this from Hüsameddin, also says that the mosque burned again in 1143 [1730-31] and was repaired by Hacı Ahmed Efendi. Whether the name of the quarter is connected to this Pervâne Bey could not be verified in the sources read.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 314. amasya.bel.tr
  • "H.1256 (1840) Tarihli Amasya Nüfus Defteri ile H.1260-1261 (1844-1845) Tarihli Amasya Temettuat Defterlerinin Karşılaştırmalı Değerlendirilmesi", Studies of the Ottoman Domain, vol. 6, no. 11 (August 2016).

Other sources

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