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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İsmâil Efendi, Kürelizâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 324 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Köprülüdür. Oranın ulemâsından Küreli el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi’nin mahdûmudur. Bir müddet ilim ve ma’rifet tahsîl edib nâhiyeler niyâbetinde kesb-i servet ederek [199] a’yân sırasına girdi. İbtidâ Hacı Paşazâdelerle sonra Danacıoğullarıyla nüfûz yarışlarında bulunarak Köprü a’yânlığını elde edib 1151 senesi hilâlinde vefât etdi. Müdebbir, zî-nüfûz, hânedan idi. Oğlu a’yândan el-Hâc Mehmed Efendi’dir.

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In Modern English

He is from Köprü. He is the son of Hacı Mehmed Efendi of Küre, one of the scholars of that place. After acquiring some learning and knowledge, he made his fortune as a deputy judge (naib) in the districts and entered the ranks of the notables. First against the Hacı Paşazades and then against the Danacıoğulları he competed for influence, won the notability of Köprü, and died at the start of 1151 [1738-39]. He was a prudent and influential man from a distinguished family. His son is the notable Hacı Mehmed Efendi.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mahdûm: son
  • nâhiyeler niyâbeti: deputy judgeship (naibship) in the districts
  • kesb-i servet: acquiring wealth
  • a'yân: local notables; here, the local leader of the kaza
  • hilâl: new moon; understood in the text as the beginning of the year
  • müdebbir: prudent, one who manages affairs well
  • zî-nüfûz: influential, carrying weight
  • hânedan: a distinguished, established family

The Notables of Köprü in the Sources

The town of Köprü (today Vezirköprü) is the place where Köprülü Mehmed Pasha spent time in the seventeenth century during periods out of office and to which he returned; but no information was found in the sources examined about the Hacı Paşazades and the Danacıoğulları mentioned by Hüsameddin, or about İsmâil Efendi of Küre. The text also does not make clear which place the "Küreli" epithet refers to. Since he died in 1151 [1738-39], İsmâil Efendi lived in the first half of the eighteenth century; apart from his son's name, nothing is known of his descendants.

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