Amasya’da Pervâne Bey Câmii önündeki türbede medfûn olan Cumudâr Noyin bin Yeşmut bin Hülâgu Hân’ın oğlu ve Herkay Noyin’in kardeşidir. Buna Türkler arasında “Camadaroğlu Ece Sultân” denirdi. Pederinin vefâtında Simre bilâdi nâzırı olup Amasya’da oturdu. Pederiyle beraber din-i İslâmı kabûl eylediğinden dindarâne hareket ederdi.
Ancak İşboga Noyin ile araları açıldığından münaza’aları eksik değildi. 719’da Sultân Altunbaş’ın firârında Varay Çiftliğine çekildi. Orada câmi, zâviye, emâret-hâne yaptırdı. Zile, Mecidözü, Turhal kazaları taht-ı hükmünde olarak müstakilâne yaşardı. Emlâkini bu hayratına vakfedib 731 sâline doğru vefât [12] etdi.
Mahdûmu Mûsâ Bey ve dâmâdı Tuğrul Bey’dir. Sülâlesi munkarızdır. Kerîmezâdesi Emîr Seyfeddîn Bâbukşâh ve hafîdi Abdulmü’min Bey bin Mûsâ Bey bunun torunu Mûsâ Bey bin Şükrullah Bey Çelebi bin Abdulmü’min Bey’dir. Meşhûr Zünnûn Şâh bunların ahfâdından olduğunu iddiâ ederdi.
Ece Sultân zâviyesi ve câmii, zamanımıza kadar ber-devâmdı. 1318 senesinde Varay’a gitdim. Mükerreren harab olup imâr edilen zâviye ve câmii muhtâc-ı tamir gördüm. Cihat defterinde görüldüğü üzere 1099’da Amasya kethüdâyeri Osmân Ağa evlâd-ı inâsından olduğunu iddiâ ederek vakfa mütevellî oldu. 1109’da Osmân Ağa’nın ref’inden tevliyet, Ece Sultân zâviyesi meşihatiyle beraber ulemâdan Varaylı Hasan Efendi’ye ve 1139’da vefâtıyla oğulları Hâfız Hüseyin, İbrâhim Efendilere ve ba’dehû bunların evlâdına tevcih edildi.
In Modern English
He is buried in the tomb in front of the Pervâne Bey Mosque in Amasya; he is the son of Yeşmut, of Cumudâr Noyin, grandson of Hülâgû Khan, and the brother of Herkay Noyin. Among the Turks he was called "Camadaroğlu Ece Sultân". On his father's death he became supervisor (nazır) of the Simre region and lived in Amasya. Since he had accepted the religion of Islam together with his father, he behaved piously.
But since relations between him and İşboga Noyin had been broken, quarrels between them never ceased. When Sultan Altunbaş fled in 719 [1319-20], he withdrew to the Varay farm. There he had a mosque, a lodge and a soup kitchen (imaret) built. He lived independently, with the districts of Zile, Mecidözü and Turhal under his own administration. He endowed his property to these charitable works and died around 731 [1330-31].
His son was Mûsâ Bey and his son-in-law Tuğrul Bey. His line has died out. Through a daughter there are a grandson, Emîr Seyfeddîn Bâbukşâh, and a grandson, Abdulmü'min Bey son of Mûsâ Bey; his grandson is also Mûsâ Bey, son of Şükrullah Bey Çelebi son of Abdulmü'min Bey. The famous Zünnûn Şâh used to claim to be descended from them.
The lodge and mosque of Ece Sultan had survived down to our time. In 1318 [1900-01] I went to Varay. I found the lodge and mosque, repeatedly ruined and repaired, in need of repair. As seen in the Cihat register, in 1099 [1687-88] Osmân Ağa, the Amasya kethüdâyeri, claiming to be descended from the daughters of Ece Sultan, became administrator of the waqf. In 1109 [1697-98], with Osmân Ağa's dismissal, the administration together with the sheikhdom of the Ece Sultan lodge was given to Hasan Efendi of Varay, one of the scholars; in 1139 [1726-27], with his death, to his sons Hâfız Hüseyin and İbrâhim Efendis, and after them to their descendants.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- noyin: the title given to Mongol commanders and nobles
- nâzır: the official who looked after the affairs of a region
- Simre: the old regional name used in the text for the area around Amasya
- münâza'a: quarrel
- emâret-hâne: imaret, a place where food was given to the poor
- taht-ı hükmünde: under his administration
- müstakilâne: independently
- munkarız: extinct (of a line)
- kerîmezâde: grandson through a daughter
- ber-devâm: continuing
- evlâd-ı inâs: daughters, the line of one's daughters
- tevliyet, tevcîh: the granting of the administratorship
- ref': removal from office
Cumudar and His Tomb
The Cumudâr in the text is a grandson of Hülagu Khan and a son of Yeşmut Khan. The sources write that in 1294 he was appointed supervisor of the Mongol lands in Anatolia. Pervâne Bey, for his part, is İzzeddin Mehmed Pervane Bey, whom the Ilkhanid ruler Ghazan Khan appointed governor of Amasya in 1296; there is an academic study bearing his name on the waqf of the Burmalı Minare Mosque. The building Hüsameddin calls the "Pervâne Bey Mosque" is known today as the Burmalı Minare Mosque (Great Mosque).
To the left of the mosque's entrance there is an octagonal tomb. Hüsameddin regards this tomb as belonging to Cumudâr. In the burial chamber on the lower floor of the tomb a mummy said to belong to Cumudâr was found, and the mummy is displayed today in the Amasya Museum. Another interpretation argues that the tomb actually belongs to Ferruh Bey, the builder of the mosque, and his son. The mosque was built around 1237, in the time of Keyhüsrev II Gıyaseddin, by Ferruh son of Selçuk; the date of construction is not certain.
No record was found about the location of Ece Sultan's own grave.
Varay and the Lodge of Ece Sultan
Ece Sultan withdrew to the Varay farm and had a mosque, lodge and soup kitchen built. The districts of Zile, Mecidözü and Turhal were under his administration. Hüsameddin writes that when he went to Varay in 1318 [1900-01] he found the lodge and mosque in need of repair. The present state of Varay and whether the buildings still stand could not be determined from another source. The waqf administration of Osmân Ağa, who claimed descent from Ece Sultan, and of Hasan Efendi of Varay rests on the Cihat register; this register could not be examined from another source.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 13–14. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
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