AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Argunşâh — Emîr Nizâmeddîn

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 17 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Birinci Sultân Mes’ûd-ı Selçûkî şehzâdesi Emîr Nâsıreddîn Şâhenşâhın mahdûmudur. Sultân Kılıçarslan ibn-i Sultân Mes’ûd’un şehzâdesi olduğu da mervîdir. Amasya [21] vâlisi Şehzâde Sultân Gıyâseddîn Mehmed Şâh’ın 580’de vefâtına binâen Amasya vâlisi oldu. Ba’dehû ammizâdesi, yâhud birâderi olan Konya Hükümdârı Sultân Rükneddîn Süleyman Şâh tarafından 594’de azledilip şehzâdegân muhârebeleri esnâsında vefât etdi. Mahdûmu Selçuk Şâh’tır.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was a native of Amasya, the son of Emir Nasıreddin Şahinşah, a prince of the first Seljuk Sultan Mesud. It is also related that he was a prince of Sultan Kılıçarslan son of Sultan Mesud. On the death of the governor of Amasya, Prince Sultan Gıyaseddin Mehmed Şah, in 580 [1184-85], he became governor of Amasya. Later, in 594 [1197-98], he was dismissed from office by Sultan Rükneddin Süleyman Şah, ruler of Konya, who was either his cousin or his brother, and he died during the wars among the princes. His son was Selçuk Şah.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mahdûm: son
  • mervî: related, narrated
  • ammizâde: paternal cousin
  • azl: dismissal from office
  • şehzâdegân muhârebeleri: wars of succession among members of the dynasty

Hüsameddin's Record and Other Sources

This entry is a record on which Hüsameddin does not speak with certainty about identity. He first mentions Argunşah as a grandson of Sultan Mesud, then adds the report that he was a son of Kılıçarslan. In studies on Seljuk history the second view stands out: Kılıçarslan II divided his realm among his sons around 1185-86, and Amasya fell to the share of Nizameddin Argunşah. The epithet "Nizâmeddîn" in the text agrees with this record. In that case Hüsameddin's information that he was "the son of Şahinşah, a prince of Sultan Mesud" and the report that he was a son of Kılıçarslan must be kept apart; the second agrees with the sources.

The date on which Amasya was lost is also given differently in the sources. Hüsameddin gives 594 (1197-98); some studies write that Argunşah's rule in Amasya lasted until 1193, while others write that Rükneddin Süleyman Şah took Niksar and Amasya from his brothers early in his reign. An inscription on the capture of Niksar bears the date 594; Hüsameddin's date may have been confused with this event, but this is an inference.

No other record was found confirming the succession between Gıyaseddin Mehmed Şah, whom Hüsameddin mentions, and Argunşah, nor the date 580. No information was found in other sources about his son Selçuk Şah either.

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