AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Üveys Ağa, Koca Sipâhî

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 375 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya’nın Ya’kûb Paşa Mahallesi ahâlîsinden Ya’kûb Bey oğludur. Sipâhî meşâhîrinden olup hayli müddet Amasya kethüdâyeri olarak Gürcistân ve Kafkas Muhârebeleri’ne iştirâk etdi. 1010 sâline doğru vefât eyledi. Oğlu Veli Bey’dir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He is the son of Yakub Bey, of the people of the Yakub Paşa Quarter of Amasya. He was one of the well-known sipahis and for a long time, as kethüdâyeri of Amasya, took part in the Georgian and Caucasian wars. He died around the year 1010 [1601-02]. His son is Veli Bey.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • ahâlî: people, inhabitants
  • sipâhî: a mounted soldier maintained by the revenue of a timar or zeamet
  • meşâhîr: the well known
  • kethüdâyeri: kethüda yeri; understood as a military post title in the sanjak, details could not be verified
  • muhârebe: war, battle
  • iştirâk etdi: took part

The Yakub Paşa Quarter

In Amasya there is a mosque and çilehane known by the name of Yakub Pasha; that the quarter takes its name from this building is an inference, and the text does not say so. The abstract of an article on the Yakub Pasha Çilehane-Mosque in Amasya states that the building was built in 1412 by the vizier Yakub Pasha for a Halveti sheikh; since the full text of the article could not be reached, this information could not be verified. A study of the zawiyas of Amasya mentions a document dated 1103 [1691-92] in which a zawiya keeper was appointed on condition that he teach in the Yakub Pasha Mosque. Whether Yakub Bey and his son had any connection with this building is not known.

The Georgian and Caucasian Wars

Hüsameddin does not write which campaigns he means. Since the sipahi died in 1010 [1601-02], these wars are most probably the Ottoman-Safavid war that began in 1578; this is an inference. On 9 August 1578 the Battle of Çıldır ended in an Ottoman victory, the rest of the Atabeg country of Georgia was conquered, and the province of Çıldır was established in 1579. At the beginning of the seventeenth century the province reached its widest extent and fielded 656 timar-holding sipahis, ninety-seven of them zeamet holders and 559 timar holders. In what capacity the sipahis of the sanjak of Amasya joined the army or campaigns of this province is not given in the sources read; that is, which campaigns Yakub Bey went on could not be verified. No information on Yakub Bey and his son Veli Bey was found in other sources.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 375–375. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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