Rakka Valisi Hamalızâde Ahmed Paşa’nın Muhallefatı (1745)
Muhallefat of Raqqa Governor Hamalızâde Ahmed Pasha (1745)

Summary/Abstract: Hamalızâde Ahmed Pasha served as the governor of Raqqa at several intervals between 1731 and 1745. During the years he served there, the Ottoman-Iran struggle continued along a wide border. From time to time, regional campaigns were organized to save the cities occupied by Iranian forces. For this reason , military shipments were made from the provinces close to the border regions. In this context, Ahmed Pasha mostly worked in cities such as Baghdad, Mosul, Kirkuk, Erzurum and Kars. It is known that during the Raqqah Governorate, he and his attendants performed very severe implementations against the people, and therefore could not return to Ruha, which was his post in the last period of his life. Although he had useful services for state, he was dismissed from his post because of his oppression and persecution against local community, and it was decided to be exiled to Rhodes Island. However, although there were very crowded groups around him, he died while he was going to Marj Dabiq from Kilis. It was determined that he had a considerable amount of inheritance (muhallefat) with the death of Ahmed Pasha. Primarily the goods, assets and animals found in Marj Dabiq and then in Ruha were listed and sold. With Hamalızâde Ahmed Pasha's governorship, activities on the eastern border, and finally his death, detection of his inheritance by recording and sales process were examined by taking advantage of the chronicles of the period, along with the registeries and documents in the Ottoman State Archives.

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