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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Alakuş Bey — Emîr Seyfeddîn

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 23 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya’da medfûn olan Muineddîn Süleyman Pervâne Bey’in bendegânından olup zaman-ı devletinde çavuşbaşı oldu. Bundan dolayı Moğol padişâhı Abga Hân’ın mağzûbu olup 676 senesi muharreminde efendisiyle beraber i’dâm edildi. Efendisinin yanında medfûndur. Müdebbir, milliyyet-perver, Pervâne Bey’in mutemedi idi. Mahdûmu Amasya ümerâsından Şemseddîn Ahmed Alakuşî demekle meşhûrdur. Tercemesi aşağıda gelir. “Alakuş” alıcı ve avcı kuşlardan biridir. [40]

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In Modern English

He was one of the slaves (bendes) of Muînüddîn Süleyman Pervâne Bey, who is buried in Amasya, and became çavuşbaşı during his administration. For this reason he incurred the wrath of the Mongol ruler Abaqa Khan and was executed together with his master in Muharrem of the year 676 [1277]. He is buried beside his master. He was a prudent man, a lover of his people, and one trusted by Pervâne Bey. His son is Şemseddîn Ahmed, one of the beys of Amasya, known as "Alakuşî". His biography comes below. "Alakuş" is the name of one of the hunting and predatory birds.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • bendegân: slaves; servants attached to their master
  • çavuşbaşı: head of the çavuşes; the commander in charge of ceremonies and the conveying of orders
  • mağzûb: one who has met with wrath, the target of a ruler's anger
  • müdebbir: one who conducts affairs with intelligence, prudent
  • milliyyet-perver: a lover of his people
  • mutemed: a trusted person

His Master Pervâne and the Events of 1277

Alakuş Bey's master Muînüddîn Süleyman Pervâne was the vizier who in practice ran the affairs of state in the years the Anatolian Seljuk State was under Mongol domination. On 15 April 1277 at Elbistan the Mongols met the army of the Mamluk Sultan Baybars. Some of the Seljuk units had gone over to the other side and some had not entered the battle. Abaqa Khan, seeing no Seljuk dead on the battlefield, accused Pervâne of treachery and took him with Sâhib Ata to Azerbaijan. Pervâne was tried in the vicinity of Aladağ near Van and killed after torture on 2 August 1277.

Hüsameddin gives Muharrem 676; this month corresponds to June-July 1277, which leaves a difference of a few weeks from the August date in the sources. As to the year of the event, the two agree. That Pervâne is buried in Amasya is understood from the waqf deed dated 699 [1299-1300] of his grandson Mühezzebüddîn Mes'ûd; Hüsameddin's words "he is buried beside his master" are consistent with this information. Pervâne's sons later founded the Pervâneoğulları Principality around Sinop and its surroundings (1277-1322).

His Son Alakuşî

Hüsameddin treats the son Şemseddîn Ahmed Alakuşî as a separate entry later in the book. No independent record of Alakuş Bey himself was found in other sources; what is known is limited to what Hüsameddin relays.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 23–23. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Other sources

Volume 6 contents