Amasyalıdır. Esbak Musûl mütesellimi Amasyalı Abdülcelil Ağa bin el-Hâc Hüseyin Ağa bin Abdülcelil Efendi’nin ikinci mahdûmudur. Pederiyle beraber Musûl’a gidip orada tavattun etdi. Büyük birâderi el-Hâc Mehmed Ağa’nın mütesellimliğinde Musul Gümrük Emîni oldu.
Bu münâsebetle orada nüfûz ve servet edinip 1133’de birâderinin vefâtında Musul mütesellimi ve baş a’yânı oldu. İran muhârebâtı esnâsında büyük hizmetleri sebk eylediğinden 1139 senesi cumâdelûlâsında Musul Beylerbeyi oldu.
İki yıldan ziyâde Musul vilâyetini hüsn-i idâre edib 1141 senesi evâhirinde vefât etdi. Âlim, Arab diline fevkalâde vâkıf, sahî, hânedân idi. Bir kızı Rabia Hânım’ı birâderzâdesi Hüseyin Bey’e tezvîc ederek bütün servet ve nüfûzunu dâmâdına bıraktı.
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya. He was the second son of Abdülcelil Ağa, former mütesellim of Mosul, himself an Amasya man; Abdülcelil Ağa was the son of Hacı Hüseyin Ağa, and Hacı Hüseyin Ağa the son of Abdülcelil Efendi. He went to Mosul with his father and settled there. During the mütesellimship of his elder brother Hacı Mehmed Ağa, he became Customs Superintendent of Mosul.
Through this post he gained influence and wealth there, and when his brother died in 1133 [1720-21] he became mütesellim and chief notable (baş a'yân) of Mosul. Because of his great services during the Iranian wars, he became Beylerbeyi of Mosul in Jumada al-Ula 1139 [1726].
He governed the province of Mosul well for more than two years and died at the end of 1141 [1729]. He was a scholar, exceptionally learned in the Arabic language, generous and of noble family. By marrying his daughter Rabia Hanım to his nephew Hüseyin Bey, he left all his wealth and influence to his son-in-law.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mütesellim: deputy of a governor; official who ran a sanjak or a city
- baş a'yân: head of the leading men of a place
- Gümrük Emîni: official in charge of customs affairs
- tavattun: settling, making a place one's home
- Beylerbeyi: governor of a province
- hüsn-i idâre: good administration
- sahî: generous
- hânedân: a person of noble, long-established family
- tezvîc: giving in marriage
- birâderzâde: brother's son
The Celîlî Family
The Celîlî family, many of whose members served as governors in Mosul between 1726 and 1834, is connected with Abdulcelilzâde İsmâil Pasha. According to the encyclopedia entry, the first known member of the family is given as Abdülcelil; the information that he was a Christian, was in the retinue of the pasha of Mosul, and was buried in a church courtyard remains only a report. The family becomes distinct from Abdülcelil's son İsmâil onward: İsmâil, who had a good education, became governor of Mosul after various state services. This largely coincides with what Hüsameddin gives; the date Hüsameddin gives for the beylerbeyiship, 1139 [1726-27], also fits 1726, counted as the start of the family's dominance in Mosul. The difference lies in Abdülcelil's identity: Hüsameddin speaks of him as an Amasya man and mütesellim, whereas the encyclopedia entry mentions, at the level of report, a man in the retinue of the pasha of Mosul.
Hüseyin Pasha
The encyclopedia entry gives Hacı Hüseyin and Abdülfettah as İsmâil Pasha's sons. Hacı Hüseyin Pasha served as governor of Mosul eight times and became the best-known member of the family. Among the posts of Hüseyin Pasha, who stayed in state service from 1730 until his death (1759), were Amasya, Baghdad, Basra, Erzurum, Sivas and Kars. In 1733 a raid on Mosul by the army of Nergis Khan, one of Shah Tahmasb's commanders, was repulsed; in 1743, faced with Nâdir Shah's army, the people gathered in the Kızılcami and decided to defend the city, and the walls were repaired and ditches dug. For these successes Mahmud I granted the governor a firman, robes of honor, swords and coins.
Hüsameddin, on the other hand, writes Hüseyin Bey as İsmâil Pasha's brother's son and son-in-law. This differs from the entry's statement that he was a "son." Whether the two are the same person, or in which source the kinship is correctly relayed, could not be established from the sources read; this point could not be verified.
The End of the Family
The efforts of Mahmud II to strengthen central government and the rise of other families in Mosul reduced the family's influence; the last of the Celîlîzâdes, Yahya Pasha, obtained the governorship of Mosul with difficulty in 1833 but was removed a year later. After that the family lost its influence completely.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 312–312. amasya.bel.tr