Amasya hâslar emânetinden Sivas defterdârı olan zâtdır. 970 senesi şevvâlinde Amasya beyi olup geldi. Lâlî Ahmed Efendi de Amasya [322] kadısı olmuşdu. Bunların zamânında kal’a-i bâlâ dizdârı Sinan Ağa idi.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · BİRİNCİ BÂB · ONUNCU FASIL · İKİNCİ DEVRE
Mehmed Bey
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 3, p. 512 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Mehmet ARSLAN
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He is the person who, while steward of the crown revenues in Amasya, became treasurer of Sivas. In Shawwal of the year 970 [1562–63] he came as bey of Amasya. Lâlî Ahmed Efendi had also become judge of Amasya. In their time the warden of the upper castle (kal'a-i bâlâ) was Sinan Ağa.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- hâslar emâneti: the office overseeing the collection of crown revenues; "has" means revenue set aside for the sultan and the great men of the state
- defterdâr: official at the head of financial affairs and records
- kal'a-i bâlâ: the upper castle, that is, the upper part of Amasya Castle
- dizdâr: castle commander
Who Is Mehmed Bey
The previous entry wrote that Mehmed Çelebi was appointed to the beylik of Amasya in the month of Shawwal. Since the same year and the same month are given here, Mehmed Bey and Mehmed Çelebi are understood to be the same person. Hüsameddin gives only his service record: the stewardship of the crown revenues in Amasya and then the treasurership of Sivas.
As for Lâlî Ahmed Efendi, the next entry counts him among the poets and reports that he died in Muharram 972 while judge of Amasya. Muzaffer Efendi became judge in his place for the second time. No other record was found for the castle warden Sinan Ağa either. In the searches made, no separate source confirming these names was found.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 3, p. 512–512. amasya.bel.tr