Amasya köylerinden Efte’de medfûn ve kabri ziyâret-gâh [7]olan eş-Şeyh Bâyezîd Atâ ahfâdından Burhân Ata bin İlyâs Atâ bin eş-Şeyh Bâyezîd Atâ’nın oğludur. Amasya’da eş-Şeyh Hayreddîn Hızır Halvetî hizmetinde ilm ü irfân tahsîl edib dedesi tekkesinde şeyh oldu. Köylerin halkını irşâda, ahlâkını tehzibe çalıştı.
Zâviyesi gelip gidenlere açıkdı. İnepazar nahiyesinin kutbu sayılırdı. İnepazar şeyhi ve pîrdaşı olan eş-Şeyh Muslihiddîn Efendi ile güzel müsâhabeleri vardır. İrân harbinden avdet eden Kânunî Sultân Süleyman Hân’ı tekkesine davet ve müşârün-ileyh de icâbet ederek nâil-i iltifât olmuşdu. 978 sâline doğru vefât etdi. Mu’ammerînden bir pîr olup âlim, sâlih idi. Ceddi yanında medfûndur. Mahdûmu Ya’kûb Atâ da ma’rûfdur.
In Modern English
He is the son of Burhân Ata son of İlyâs Ata son of eş-Şeyh Bâyezîd Ata, one of the grandsons of eş-Şeyh Bâyezîd Ata, who is buried in Efte, one of the villages of Amasya, and whose grave is a place of visitation. In Amasya he acquired knowledge and gnosis in the service of eş-Şeyh Hayreddîn Hızır Halvetî and became sheikh in his grandfather's lodge. He worked to call the people of the villages to the right path and to improve their morals.
His lodge was open to those coming and going. He was regarded as the qutb of the district of İnepazar. He had fine conversations with eş-Şeyh Muslihiddîn Efendi, the sheikh of İnepazar and his companion on the path. He invited Sultan Süleyman Khan, returning from the Iranian campaign, to his lodge, and the Sultan accepted the invitation and honoured him with his favour. He died around 978 [1570-71]. He was a very aged pir, a scholar and a good man. He is buried next to his grandfather. His son Ya'kûb Ata is also well known.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- medfûn: buried
- ziyâret-gâh: a place that is visited
- ahfâd: grandsons, descendants
- irşâd: to show the right path
- tehzîb: to refine and improve morals
- kutub: the spiritual leader of a region
- pîrdaş: one attached to the same pir, a companion on the path
- müsâhabe: conversation
- nâil-i iltifât: one who has received attention and favour
- mu'ammerîn: the long-lived
Efte, Bâyezîd Ata and His Lodge
Efte (also appearing in the records as Eftem or Aktem) is one of the villages attached to Amasya. In the 1576 survey of Amasya the lodge of Sheikh Bâyezîd is mentioned together with this village, and the lodge's revenues are assigned in the waqf records to the Sheikh Bâyezîd Waqf. This survey confirms that the lodge Hüsameddin describes existed at about the same time. That İlyas Ata was the son of Bâyezîd Ata and served as sheikh in the lodge also appears in the same records; the family chain Hüsameddin gives (Bâyezîd Ata, İlyâs Ata, Burhân Ata) agrees with this information.
Süleyman the Magnificent's Visit
Süleyman the Magnificent, returning from the third Iranian campaign (1553-1555), came to Amasya on 30 October 1554 and spent the winter here. In 1555 the Peace of Amasya was also signed here. The visit to the lodge that Hüsameddin describes most probably falls in that winter; but the text gives no date, so this is an inference. The information that Burhân Ata died around 978 [1570-71] falls after the Sultan's death (1566).
The Name Abdâl Ata
The epithet "Abdâl Atâ" in the heading is not explained in the text. For Muslihiddin Efendi, the sheikh of İnepazar, and for Ya'kûb Ata, no separate record was found.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 12–12. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
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